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Lambeth 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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WORKSHOPS,:—Details as to Sanitary Conditions and Defects found during 1907. Old Parish Districts, and the Inspectors in charge thereof.
| Details as to Sanitary Conditions and Defects found. | Marsh. | Bishop's and Prince's. | Vauxhall & Stockwell. | Brixton. | Tulse Hill, Norw'd. | Totals. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scorrer. | Clements. | Hooper | Jones. | Howes. | Jackson. | Baxter. | Gavin. | Bott. | Wallis | Smith. | Bar-foot. | ||||||
| Ventilation | satisfactory | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 99 | |||
| not | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
| Cleanliness | satisfactory | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 93 | |||
| not | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | I | — | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| Workrooms | damp | _ | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |||
| not ... | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 98 | ||||
| Workrooms | warm | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 98 | |||
| not | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | ||||
| State of sanitary fittings, &c. | good | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 87 | |||
| bad | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | ||||
| Soil pipe | ventilated | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 76 | |||
| not ventilated | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | ||||
| no soil pipe | — | — | 2 | — | 6 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 19 | ||||
| Position of W.C. | outside | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 41 | |||
| inside | — | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | — | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 35 | ||||
| outside and inside | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 5 | 4 | — | 4 | 4 | 23 | ||||
| No W.C. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| Separate W.C. accommodation | Yes | — | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 36 | ||||
| No | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 64* | ||||
| Communication (direct) between W.C.s & rooms | Yes | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | 2 | |||
| No | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 98 | ||||
N.B.—The Wards of the old Parish or Lambeth are retained so that this Table may be comparable with those in previous Reports (1897-1905)
The above Workshops (with 5 exceptions) were inspected by the Female Sanitary Inspectors.
* In none of these cases was separate W.C. accommodation required- person of one sex only being employd