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Lambeth 1904
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1904
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WORKSHOPS:—Details as to Sanitary Conditions and Defects found during 1904.
| Details as to Sanitary Conditions and Defects found. | Old Parish Districts, and the Inspectors in charge thereof. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh. | Bishop's and Prince's. | Vauxhall & Stockwell. | Brixton. | Tulse Hill, Norvv'd. | ||||||||||||
| Scorrer. | Wallis. | Hooper. | Jones. | Howes. | Jackson. | Baxter. | Gavin. | Bott. | Smith. | Barfoot. | ||||||
| Ventilation | satisfactory | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 81 | |||
| not | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
| Cleanliness | satisfactory | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 4 | — | 6 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 63 | |||
| not | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 19 | ||||
| Workrooms | damp | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| not | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 82 | ||||
| Workrooms | warm | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 82 | |||
| not | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| State of sanitary fittings, &c. | good | _ | 4 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 66 | |||
| bad | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 16 | ||||
| Soil pipe | ventilated | _ | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 49 | |||
| not ventilated | _ | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | _ | — | — | — | 2 | — | 7 | ||||
| no soil pipe | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | — | 26 | ||||
| Position of W.C. | outside | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | _ | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | |||
| inside | _ | 4 | _ | 9 | 1 | _ | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 24 | |||||
| outside and inside | — | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 37 | ||||
| No W.C. | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | ||||
| Separate W.C. accommodation | Yes | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 82 | |||
| No | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Communication (direct) between W.C.'s & rooms | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| No | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 82 | ||||
N.B.—The Wards of the old Parish of Lambeth are retained so that this Table may be comparable with those in previous Reports (1897-1901).
The Workshops (with 6 exceptions) were inspected by the Female Sanitary Inspector.