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II.—SANITARY WORK.
(Dealing with the sanitary circumstances and administration of the
Borough of Lambeth.)
Return shewing the Number of Notices served in the Borough
of Lambeth, from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1918
Number of Notices served 16,807*
A. COMPULSORILY NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES]
(Public Health (London) Act.)
No. of Notices served 4683
No. of Infected Houses 4200
Small Pox 1
Scarlet Fever 477
Typhoid 14
Diphtheria 422
Membranous Croup 9
Continued Fever
Puerperal Fever 16
Erysipelas 99
Cerebro-Spinal Fever 17
Acute Polio-Myelitis 1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 50
‡Measles 2471
‡German Measles 340
§Chicken Pox 283
B. GENERAL NUISANCES AND DRAINAGE DEFECTS
(Public Health (London) Act, and Metropolis Local Management
Acts).
No. of Notices served*† 12124
Works, Structural—
Drainage, Defective 999
Intercepting Traps with Fresh Inlets required 174
Ventilating Pipes required 249
Indoor Sinks connected with Drain 271
Rain Water Stacks connected with Drain 422
Bath Waste connected with Drain 189
Traps Defective, or of Obsolete Pattern 748
Closet Pan and Connections Defective 968
Water Supply to Closet Defective 2010
Closet Dilapidated 761
Draw-off Main for Drinking Purposes required 576
Dust Bins Defective 1059
Premises Dilapidated 1373
Ventilation under Floors required 416
* Including Measles and German Measles,
† Excluding tuberculosis.
‡ Compulsorily notifiable from January 1st, 1916.
§ Compulsorily notifiable from March 27th to June 30th, 1918 (inclusive).