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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 1938

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

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21. Water supply:
(a) cut off61
(b) draw-off from main required5
(c) no supply18
(d) pipes, taps, etc., defective146
(e) storage cistern defective or uncovered17
(/) storage cistern so foul as to be a nuisance10
(g) tenement houses supplied10
22. Windows : defective566
23. Animals : improperly kept29
24. Bakehouses:
(a) inspections196
(b) reinspections95
(c) dirty74
25. Dirty premises :
(a) walls and ceilings of rooms dirty2,717
(b) rooms, etc., verminous522
(c) stable premises dirty5
(d) washhouse walls and ceilings dirty346
(e) water closet walls and ceilings dirty424
(/) workshops and factories25
26. Effluvium nuisance :
(a) from industrial premises11
(b) from private premises19
27. Lighting and ventilation : defective14
28. Manure: accumulation or deposit injurious to
health3
29. Overcrowding2
30. Rats infestation :
(a) Industrial premises15
(b) Private premises169
31. Refuse accumulations158
32. Smoke nuisance :
(a) from industrial premises40
(b) from private premises18