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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 1904
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1904
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No Water Supply or Defective Water Supply 242
Dirty Premises 1921
11,408
B. Infectious Diseases Notification.
Notices served 1681
SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY THE SANITARY
INSPECTORS DURING 1904.
Inspections 8082
Re-inspections 59977
Infectious Houses visited 1681
Complaints attended to 6630
Cases of Infectious Disease notified 1938
(a) Cases under treatment at Home 1033
(b) Cases removed to Hospital 905
Cases of Non-Notifiable Diseases dealt with 2658
Houses disinfected 1581
Rooms disinfected 4455
Bedding, etc., disinfected 26357
Bedding, etc., replaced 1
Dust Yards, Manure Depots and Brickfields, inspections
of 312
Drains tested (with chemical, water, or both) 8802
Sanitary Works completed 4988
Plans of Drainage received and approved 432
Premises the Drains of which have been totally or
partly reconstructed 432
Articles procured for the Analyst—
(a) Food and Drugs 1200
(b) Water 2
Special Smoke observations and enquiries 540
New Work-shops inspected and registered 82
Bakehouses inspected (including 79 underground) 214