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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Premises visited, but not inspected, owing to the persons or patients concerned being out, or, if employees, being no longer employed | 511 | |
| Women's Conveniences visited and inspected, etc. (visits paid) | 1,069 | |
| Special places visited and inspected : | ||
| 396 | 1,346 | |
| 621 | ||
| (c) Outworkers | 232 | |
| 97 | ||
| Re-inspections : | ||
| 89 | 187 | |
| 60 | ||
| (c) Outworkers | 5 | |
| 33 | ||
| Written Intimation and Statutory Notices served | 118 | |
| Visits to Workshops, etc., in which defects were found | 178 | |
| Visits to Workshops, etc., in which no defects were found ... | 1,515 | |
| Nuisances referred to M.O.H., for attention by Male Inspectors | 10 | |
| Workrooms : Overcrowded, Damp, Dirty, etc. | 3 | |
| Defective or Dirty : Yards, Floors, Roofs, Windows, Walls and Ceilings, Rain Water Pipes, Sink Wastes, or Premises generally | 104 | |
| Sanitary Appliances : Water Closets—Dirty, unventilated, choked, defective or with defective cistern or water supplies | 35 | |
| Drainage—Defective | 3 | |
| Dustbins—Wanting or Defective | 7 | |
| Lavatories—Dirty or Defective | 3 | |
| No separate suitable sufficient W.C. accommodation for the sexes | 1 | |
| No W.C. accommodation | 1 | |