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

Lambeth 1915

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1915

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Table:

Total number of Intimation or Preliminary Notices served for all purposes5983

Table: Overcrowding—

Overcrowding—

Dwelling rooms overcrowded41
Remedied41
Prosecutions_

Table: Underground Rooms—

Underground Rooms—

Illegal occupation24
Closed24

Table: Insanitary houses—

Insanitary houses—

Closed (under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891)—
Closed (under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, including the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act)_
Verminous rooms cleansed1080

Table: Shelters provided under Sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891—

Shelters provided under Sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891—

Number provided1
Persons accommodated—

Table: Revenue Act, 1903—

Revenue Act, 1903—

Houses for which applications were received21
Tenements comprised therein57