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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 1899

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1899

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Table: SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BV THE SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1899.

SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BV THE SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1899.

Inspections8797
Re-inspections58280
Infectious Houses visited2435
Complaints entered in complaint book4137
Cases of Infectious Disease notified2693
a. Cases under treatment at home1043
b. Cases removed to Hospital1650
Cases of Non-Notifiable Diseases dealt with1339
Houses disinfected2406
Rooms disinfected3132
Bedding, etc., disinfected27923
Bedding, etc., destroyed326
Dust Yards, Manure Depots and Brickfields, inspections of344
Drains tested (with chemical, water, or both)9571
Sanitary Works completed5910
Plans of Drainage received and approved413
New Buildings, the drains of which have been completed206
Premises, the drains of which have been totally or partly reconstructed399
Articles procured for the Analyst—648
(a.) Food and Drugs600
(b.) Water48
Summonses and Orders issued87
New Workshops inspected and registered87
Special Smoke Observations and enquiries461
Cowhouses inspected26
Slaughter-houses inspected42
Notices served—10625
Sanitary Work (Preliminary and Statutory)8148
Infectious Diseases (Public Health Act, 1891)2435
Housing of Working Classes Act42
Sanitary Nuisances abated12315
(a.) Structural2273
(b.) Non-structural10012
Persons received in Shelter at Wharf19
Convictions obtained —77
Public Health Act28
Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts49