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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 1903
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1903
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SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY THE SANITARY
INSPECTORS DURING 1903.
Inspections 8014
Re-inspections 56249
Infectious Houses visited 1886
Complaints attended to 6199
Cases of Infectious Disease notified 1547
(a) Cases under treatment at home 607
(b) Cases removed to Hospital 972
Cases of Non-Notifiable Diseases dealt with 2309
Houses disinfected 1484
Rooms disinfected 4012
Bedding, etc., disinfected 26957
Bedding, etc., destroyed 587
Dust Yards, Manure Depots and Brickfields, inspections
of 348
Drains tested (with chemical, water, or both) 8411
Sanitary Works completed 4935
Plans of Drainage received and approved 307
Premises the drains of which have been totally or
partly reconstructed 265
Articles procured for the Analyst—
(a) Food and Drugs 1010
(b) Water 2
Special Smoke observations and enquiries 720
New Work-shops inspected and registered 163
Bakehouses inspected (including 91 underground) 226
Cowhouses inspected 20
Slaughter-houses inspected 32
Restaurants re-inspected 87
Out-Workers' Rooms visited *289
* Including 182 premises, wherein no Out-Workers were found employed
at the time of visit.