Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Female Conveniences visited & inspected— | 1908 | 1906-7 | 1905 | 1904 | 1903 | 1902 |
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Public (visits paid) | 599 | 1116 | 577 | 597 | 343 | 276 |
Private (visits paid) | 16 | 15 | — | — | 5 | 35 |
Schools visited— Public | 27 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 10 |
Private | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 |
Special places visited and inspected— (/z) Restaurants and Hotels, etc. | - | - | 1 | - | 22 | 220 |
705 | 2651 | 224 | 322 | 218 | 199 | |
202 | 359 | 145 | 134 | 107 | — | |
Others | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 |
Written Intimations and Statutory Notices served | 341 | 1071 | 194 | 200 | 198 | 262 |
No. of Workshops, etc., in which no defects were found on inspection | †918 | 2460 | 507 | 508 | 371 | 382 |
No. of Workshops in which defects were found on inspection | †376 | 1223 | 245 | 254 | 292 | 322 |
Work rooms— Overcrowded | 13 | 42 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 4 |
Damp | 38 | 64 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 7 |
Dirty | 136 | 468 | 135 | 184 | 217 | 208 |
III-ventilated | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
Otherwise | 2 | 13 | 3 | — | — | |
Defects— Yards | 34 | 127 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 29 |
Floors | 14 | 37 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 19 |
Roofs | 9 | 43 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 |
Windows | 3 | 6 | — | 1 | — | 4 |
Ceilings | 34 | 83 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 17 |
Rain Water Pipes | 2 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 |
Premises generally | 2 | 27 | — | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Sanitary Appliances: Waterclosets — Dirty | 150 | 324 | 83 | 64 | 83 | 86 |
III-lighted | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Unventilated | 4 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 5 |
Choked | 22 | 57 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
Defective | 53 | 112 | 44 | 28 | 51 | 44 |
Defective Flushing Tanks and Water Supply | 69 | 218 | 39 | 35 | 43 | 91 |
No separate suitable accommodation for the sexes | 4 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 8 | _ |
Drainage— Defective, unventilated, etc. | 2 | 45 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
Excluding the 1055 premises wherein no female hands were found to
be employed.
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