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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table I.
Giving number of Infected Houses, with percentages of (1) General Defects, and (2) Defective Drains, during 1913, together with the averages during the quinquennia 1891-1895 (Parish), 1896-1900 (Parish), 1901-1905 (Borough) and 1906-1910 (Borough).
| 1891-1895 (Average). | 1896-1900 (Average). | 1901-1905 (Average). | 1906-1910 (Average). | 1913 (Totals). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Infected Houses | 2229.8 | 2262.4 | 1682.6 | 1719.2 | 1879 |
| Number of Houses with defects found | 1220.0 | 1096.0 | 911.2 | 1033.6 | 967 |
| Number of Houses with defective drains found | 5100 | 366.6 | 214.6 | 166.6 | 110 |
| Number of Houses with no defects found | 1009.8 | 1166.4 | 771.4 | 685.6 | 912 |
N.B.—56 infected houses (wherein 57 cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum occurred and 1037 infected houses, wherein
1428 cases of whooping cough occurred) are omitted from the 1913 figures, so that the results may be strictly
comparable with those of previous years, i.e., before Ophthalmia Neonatorum and Whooping Cough were
made notifiable diseases.