Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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77
Female Conveniences visited and inspected
Public (visits paid) 854
Private
Schools visited -
Public (visits paid) 5
Private 1
Special places visited and inspected
(a) Private Houses* 812
(b) Outworkers 114
Workshops (o), Outworkers (2), and Private Houses (334)!
reinspected 336
Written Intimation and Statutory Notices served 117
No. of Workshops‡, etc., in which defects were found 117
No. of Workshops‡ etc., in which no defects were found 1160
Nuisances referred to M.O.H., for attention by Male
Inspectors —
Particulars of Defects found by Female Inspectors.
\\'orkshops\, etc.
Work rooms—
Overcrowded, Damp, Dirty, etc. 66
Defective or Dirty-
Yards, Floors, Roofs, Windows, Ceilings, Rain Water
Pipes, Sink Wastes, or Premises generalIv 70
Sanitary Appliances : Water Closets—
Dirty, unventilated, choked, Defective or with Defective
Tanks or Water supplies 51
Sanitary Appliances : Drainage—
Defective 1
Sanitary Appliances : Dustbins
Wanting or Defective 3
Lavatories—Dirty or Defective 4
No separate suitable sufficient W.C. accommodation for
the sexes 2
Miscellaneous Defects, e.g., Defective Chimneys 4
* Births (213), Tuberculosis cases (256), Ante-natal cases (7), Still births (6),
Ophthalmia cases (i), School children (270, e.g., enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids 179
and Rheumatism 91), Milk cases (1), Housing Enquiries (1), and special complaints
(57).
† Births (204), Tuberculosis cases (52), Ophthalmia cases (5), Investigations re
Rheumatism (8), Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoid cases (10), and special complaints (55).
‡ Workshops include Work places.