Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1905
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105
Cowhouses inspected 17
Slaughter-houses inspected 30
Restaurants (new) inspected and registered I
Outworkers'Rooms visited *303
Notices—
Sanitary Work (Preliminary and Statutory) †1436
Infectious Diseases (Public Health Act, 1891) 1594
Housing of Working Classes Act 2
Metropolis Local Management Acts 23
Sanitary nuisances abated—
(a) Structural 9447
(b) Non-structural 2838
Persons received at the Shelters —
Summonses issued ‡49
Convictions obtained—
Public Health Act 1
Food and Drugs Acts 30
MALE INSPECTORIAL STAFF.
On September 28th, 1905, the Council decided to appoint 2
extra Sanitary Inspectors—1 male and 1 female—at commencing
annual salaries of £120 (with uniform) and £100 (without
uniform), rising by £10 yearly increments to £180 and £150
(dependent upon efficiency) respectively (vide Special Report in
* Including 158 premises, wherein no Out-workers were found employed,
at the time of visit.
† Public Health Act—Preliminary 7,446, Statutory 3,990.
‡ 49 summonses were issued, and of these 9 were withdrawn. The work
was completed before the hearing of the summonses in 8 cases under the
Public Health Act, and in 1 case under the Food and Drugs Acts, Somerset
House did not support the Borough Analyst's certificate. 9 summonses under
the Food and Drugs Acts were dismissed for the following reasons:—legal
technicality (1), warranty proved (4), Somerset House appeals (3) and Doubt
as to identity of churn (1).