London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Lambeth 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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95
Female Conveniences visited and inspected—
Public (visits paid) 830
Private 1
Schools visited—
Public (visits paid) —
Private —
Special places visited and inspected—
(a) Private Houses* 740
(b) Outworkers 145
Workshops (o), Outworkers (4), and Private Houses (225)†
reinspected 229
Written Intimation and Statutory Notices served 122
No. of Workshops‡, etc., in which defects were found 122
No. of Workshops‡, etc., in which no defects were found 1024
Nuisances referred to M.O.H., for attention by Male
Inspectors 14
Particulars of Defects found by Female Inspectors.
Workshops‡, etc.—
W orVrooms—
Overcrowded, Damp, Dirty, etc. 9
Defective or Dirty—
Yards, Floors, Roofs, Windows, Ceilings, Rain Water
Pipes, Sink Wastes, or Premises generally 85
Sanitary Appliances : Water Closets—
Dirty, unventilated, choked, Defective or with Defective
Tanks or Water supplies 58
Sanitary Appliances : Drainage-
Defective 4
Sanitary Appliances : Dustbins—
Wanting or Defective 6
I.avatories—Dirty or Defective 0
No separate suitable sufficient W.C. accommodation for
the sexes 3
Miscellaneous Defects, e.g., Defective Chimneys 8
* Tuberculosis cases (260), Ophthalmia cases (6), School children (281, e.g.,
enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids 278 and Rheumatism 3), Housing Enquiries (16),
special complaints (31), Expectant Mothers (69). Births (61) and Stillbirths (16)
† Tuberculosis cases (46), Investigations re Ophthalmia Neonatorum (4),
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoid cases (13), Expectant Mothers (7), Births (96;,
Housing (3), and special complaints (56).
‡ Workshops include Work-places.