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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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TABLE
Giving number of infected houses with percentages of (1) General Defects, and (2) Defective Drains,
during 1900 and the Eight preceding years.
| 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | Average for last 8 years 1892-99 | 1900 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Infected Houses | 2430 | 3179 | 2012 | 2111 | 2417 | 2374 | 2094 | 2435 | 2381 | 1992 |
| Number of Houses with defects found | 1474 =60.7% | 1641 =51.6% | 1089 =54.1% | 993 =47.04% | 1177 =48.7% | 1210 =50.9% | 1044 =49.9% | 1156 =47.5% | 1228 =51.4% | 886 =44.5% |
| Number of Houses with defective drains found | 720 =24.7% | 658 =20.6% | 464 =23.1% | 392 =18.6% | 423 =17.5% | 390 =16.4% | 351 =16.9% | 384 = 15.8% | 473 =19.8% | 285 =14.3% |
| Number of Houses with no defects found | 956 =39.3% | 1538 =48.4% | 923 =45.9% | 1118 =52.96% | 1240 =51.3% | 1164 =49.1% | 1050 =50.1% | 1279 =52.5% | 1158 =48.6% | 1106 =55.5% |
N.B.—Only 14.3 per cent. of the houses shewed with the test defective drains, no results
being obtained in the other cases.