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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 1898

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1898

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Table: SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1898.

SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1898.

Inspections8886
Re-Inspections52858
Infectious Houses visited2094.
Complaints attended to5620
Cases of Infectious Disease notified2329
a. Cases under treatment at home1027
b. Cases removed to Hospital1302
Cases of Non-Notifiable Diseases dealt with ...144
Houses disinfected2019
Rooms disinfected2556
Bedding, etc., disinfected21597
Bedding, etc., destroyed126
Dust Yards, Manure Depots and Brickfields, inspections of260
Drains tested (with chemical, water, or both)9135
Sanitary Works completed6349
Plans of Drainage received and approved559
New Buildings the drains of which have been completed151
Premises the drains of which have been totally or partly
reconstructed555
Articles procured for the Analyst—
(a.) Food and Drugs602
(6.) Water16
Summonses and Orders issued86
Workshops inspected and registered133
Special Smoke observations and enquiries113
Cowhouses inspected and registered27
Slaughter-houses inspected and registered45
Notices served—
Sanitary Work (Preliminary and Statutory)8375
Infectious Diseases (Public Health Act, 1891)2094
Housing of Working Classes Act44
Sanitary nuisances abated12129
(a.) Structuraly905
(b.) Non-structural2224
Persons received in Shelter at Wharf7
Convictions obtiined—
Public Health Act40
Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts54