London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Lewisham 1904
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1904
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Epidemic Enteritis and Diarrhoea.
Homes visited and reports made 68
Homeworkers.
Number of names received 24
*Number visited None.
Visits to Factories, Workshops, &c., where women are
employed.
Factories —
Workshops 42
Workplaces —
Laundries (domestic) 10
„ (workshops) 7
Failure to Affix Abstract found in Ten Gases.
Workrooms Overcrowded 7
(5 in one house)
Complaints made and notices served 3
(re cleansing)
Total Number of Notices Served 27
Notices complied with 25
Nuisances referred to District Inspector 4
*The houses of outworkers were all visited in January, 1905.