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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Dr. F. Summers, Associate Medical Officer of Health, and Mr. H. Plinston,
Chief Public Health Inspector, report as follows.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
The Public Health Inspectorate has four main functions.
Housing
Food Hygiene
Atmospheric Pollution
Environmental Health generally
None of these can be considered in isolation and collectively they are
closely associated with the work of almost all other Departments of the
Council.
The following summarises the work of the Public Health Inspectors within
these four aspects of a very wide field.
| Lillieshall Road | 19 houses | 965 persons |
| Rectory Gardens | 20 houses | |
| Bowland Road | 40 houses | |
| Wilcox Road | 205 houses | |
| Closing Orders in lieu of Demolition Orders | 26 | |
| Closing Orders | 29 | |
| Closing Orders determined after repair and improvement by owners. | 3 | |