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Lambeth 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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II.—SANITARY WORK.
[Dealing with the sanitary circumstances and administration of the
Borough of Lambeth.)
Return shewing the Number of Notices served in the Borough
of Lambeth, from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1917.
Number of Notices served 19,023*
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A. COMPULSORILY NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES†
(Public Health (London) Act.)
| No. of Notices served | 6548 |
| No. of Infected Houses | 5543 |
| Scarlet Fever | 304 |
| Typhoid | 16 |
| Diphtheria | 469 |
| Membranous Croup | 7 |
| Continued Fever | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 14 |
| Erysipelas | 123 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 29 |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | 9 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 66 |
| Whooping Cough | 698 |
| ‡Measles | 2775 |
| ‡German Measles | 1030 |
B. GENERAL NUISANCES AND DRAINAGE DEFECTS. (Public Health (London) Act, and Metropolis Local Management Acts.)
| No. of Notices served* | 12475 |
| Works, Structural— | |
| Drainage Defective | 1191 |
| Intercepting Traps with Fresh Inlets required | 198 |
| Ventilating Pipes required | 281 |
| Indoor Sinks connected with Drain | 296 |
| Rain Water Stacks connected with Drain | 485 |
| Bath Waste connected with Drain | 201 |
| Traps Defective, or of Obsolete Pattered | 976 |
| Closet Pan and Connections Defective | 1011 |
| Water Supply to Closet Defective | 2110 |
| Closet Dilapidated | 784 |
| Draw-off Main for Drinking Purposes required | 602 |
| Dust Bins Defective | 1101 |
| Premises Dilapidated | 1408 |
| Ventilation under Floors required | 409 |
| Roofs Dilapidated | 2019 |
| Soil Pipes Defective | 201 |
*Including Measles and German Measles.
† Excluding tuberculosis.
‡ Compulsorily notifiable from January 1st, 1916.