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Lambeth 1907

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

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Commissioners of Sewers, the Metropolitan Board of Works
or the London County Council, but shall not include any
sewer so approved as aforesaid.
House to House Inspections.
A house to house inspection of the district is a duty laid upon
Sanitary Authorities hy section 1 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891 and section 30 of the Housing of the Working Classes
Act, 1890. The duty is an important one, but such work can
only be carried out with a sufficiently large sanitary staff.
Within the Borough, during 1907, a total of 2308 house to house
inspections have been made, dealing with the following streets
(whole or part) :—
Marsh Ward.—Broadwall, Cage Place, Campbell Buildings,
College Street, Commercial Road, Cornwall Place, Ethelm
Street, Grindal Street, Johanna Street, Murphy Street,
Paris Gardens, Peabody Buildings (Duke Street), Robert's
Court, Sidwell Place, Tanswell Street, Thomas Place,
Ufford Street, Wootton Street.
Bishops s Ward.—Bird Place, Bird Street, By well Place,
Longhope Place, Richmond Street, Stewart's Place.
Prince's Ward.—Dunmow Place, Durham Street, Farnham
Royal, Garden Cottages, Kennington Oval, Lyric Place,
Laptord Place, Meadow Road, Meadow Row, Montford
Place, Neville Street, St. Oswald's Place, Shepherd's
Place, St. George's Cottages, Tate Street, Tyers Street,
Tyers Terrace, Vauxhall Street, Wickham Street,
Windmill Row,
Vauxhall Ward.—Archer Street, Assay Street, Bond Street,
Bradley Street, Dawlish Street, Gladstone Place, Horace
Street, Hook's Cottages, Luscombe Street, Meadow Place,
Meadow Road, Miles Street, Pleasant Place, Thorne
Street.