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

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Lambeth 1938

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

This page requires JavaScript

Table: Continued from previous page...

Continued from previous page...

Water Certificates issued (1,951 separate houses or tenements107
including 56 blocks of tenements)
Drains tested (with chemical, water or smoke test)3,750
Sanitary Works completed3,921
Sanitary Nuisances13,356
1. Bath Waste :
(a) directly connected to drain2
(b) improperly trapped or untrapped ; defective59
2. Basement dwellings:
(a) inspections24
(b) reinspections6
3. Ceilings and walls : defective1,206
4. Chimney : defective92
5. Copper: defective119
6. Damp condition of premises875
7. Dilapidated condition of premises110
8. Door : defective152
9. Drains:
(a) defective265
(6) fresh air inlet defective139
(c) gulley defective137
(d) manhole defective62
(e) plunging eye defective41
(/) soil pipe defective86
(,g) stopped292
(h) trap insufficient4
(i) ventilation insufficient17
(j) vent pipe defective72
10. Dustbins:
(a) defective or dilapidated61
(b) absence of79