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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 1895

Report on vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1895...

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Table: DISINFECTION STATISTICS.For five years prior, and five years subsequent, to the passing of the Notification of Infectious Diseases Act; and for the year 1895.

DISINFECTION STATISTICS.For five years prior, and five years subsequent, to the passing of the Notification of Infectious Diseases Act; and for the year 1895.

18851886188718881889Yearly average for 5 years preceding the Notification Act.18901891189218931894Yearly average for 5 years succeeding the Notification Act.1895
No. of Cases in which Bedding, etc., has been Disinfected.At Home166252714456.2179246593343177307.6251
At Chamber569236722902951676.0139115702546304222862167.02462
No. of Cases in which Bedding, etc., has been destroyed.52857487948.8185275314224119223.467
No. of articles of Bedding,etc., disinfected22759163078312137782633.63013674799091151380227840.813516
No. of articles of Bedding, etc., destroyed.144599261267124.6333467605674544524.6186
Premises Disinfected and Disinfectants Supplied.7277361276125512771054.2172218163157589657423666.67146