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LAM 16
Public Health Department,
333, Kennington Road,
London, S.E.
February, 1900.
To the Chairman and Members of the Vestry of the Parish
of Lambeth.
Gentlemen,
I again have the honour of presenting to you a
favourable Report dealing with the Vital and Sanitary
Statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1801),
and in doing so I may be allowed to express my appreciation
of the way in which you have supported me in all
matters relating to the Public Health. That good and satisfactory
work has been accomplished must be admitted by
everyone who will take the trouble to read the Report, and
without focussing attention unduly, to the detriment of the
other work, I feel it my duty to draw special attention to
the following :—
1. The provision of a Bacteriological Laboratory at
Wanless Road, which is for the sole use of
Medical Men practising in Lambeth Parish, and
which is now in full working order ;
2. The methods adopted in Lambeth for dealing with
the Housing of the Working Classes, so as to prevent
as far as possible displacement of tenants;
3. The conclusions arrived at in connection with the
important question of Sewer Ventilation ;
4. The gratuitous distribution of Antitoxin (diphtheria)
amongst medical men practising in Lambeth Parish.
It is often stated that a Sanitary Authority and its Public
Health Department rarely get credit for work done, but it
will be admitted that this Report reflects sufficient honour
on all concerned, not only upon the Vestry as the Sanitary
Authority for supporting their Officers readily and willingly,
but also upon the Inspectors and others who have at
all tunes been ready to do their duty fearlessly and ungrudgingly.
Under such circumstances, my own position
as Medical Officer of Health is an enviable one.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, B.A., M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health.