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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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The Clerical work in connection with the Department during 1900 deserves recognition, and will best be realised in the form of the following statement:—
| 1900. | 1899. | 1893. | 1897. | 1805 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letters, etc., received (entered in letter book) | 9139 | 9010 | 8974 | 8309 | 7625 | |
| *Letters, etc., sent out (entered in postal book) | 27751 | 26039 | 25892 | 24821 | 27751 | |
| Notices served | Infectious Diseases . | 2221 | 2435 | 2094 | 2374 | 2327 |
| Public Health 1 Preliminary | 8073 | 7676 | 8875 | 8714 | 6222 | |
| Acts 1 Statutory | 1641 | 2427 | 2004 | 2018 | 1985 | |
| Housing of Wording Classes Act | 42 | 44 | 33 | 55 | ||
| Cases entered in Inspectors' Report Books | 8701 | 9006 | 8725 | 8337 | 6767 | |
| Complaints entered in book | 6988 | 6079 | 5620 | 4915 | 3768 | |
| Copies of Infectious Diseases Notifications— | ||||||
| (a) Entered in Notification Book | 2209 | 2693 | 2329 | 2663 | 320 | |
| (b) Sent off to Asylums Board | 2209 | 2693 | 2329 | 2663 | 3202 | |
| Notices of Infectious Diseases sent to Schools | 2435 | 2094 | 2663 | 257 | ||
| Workshops (with full particulars) entered up in Register | — | 89 | 134 | 245 | 255 | |
| Cowsheds (with full particulars) entered up in Register | — | — | — | 8 | 32 | |
| Slaughter-houses (with full particulars) entered up in Register | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | 46 | — | — | ||
| Bakehouses (with full partKulars) entered up in Register | — | — | 1 | 237 | — | |
| Water Certificates for New Dweliings given out | — | 126 | 131 | 215 | 89 | |
| Disinfection Certificates given out | — | 2689 | 2094 | 159 | 109 | |
| Stamps used | 17160 | 21256 | 19151 | 20141 | 20925 | |
| Reports to Committees (Fortnightly) | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | |
| Reports to Vestry (Monthly and Quarterly) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | |
| Special Reports | 15 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 15 | |
| *4,588 letters were typed during the year 1900, as compared with 4,999 duriag 1899,5,052 during 1898, 5 538 during 1897, and 4,350 during 1896 (8 months). | ||||||