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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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B. Infectious Diseases Notification.
Notices served (1829 infected houses) 2056
SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY THE SANITARY
INSPECTORS DURING 1908.
Inspections 9497
Re-inspections 64580
Infectious Houses visited 1829
Complaints attended to 6641
Cases of Infectious Disease notified 2056
(a) Cases under treatment at Home 322
(b) Cases removed to Hospital 1734
Cases of Non-Notifiable Diseases dealt with 3287
Houses disinfected 1944
Rooms disinfected 5158
Bedding, etc., disinfected 3810
Bedding, etc., destroyed 36
Dust Yards, Manure Depots and Brickfields, inspections
of 312
Drains tested (with chemical, water, or both) 10117
Sanitary Works completed 6317
Plans of drainage reconstructions received, and approved
480
Premises the Drains of which have been totally or
partly reconstructed 709
Articles procured for the Analyst—
(a) Food and Drugs 1800
(b) Water —
New Workshops inspected and registered 93
Bakehouses inspected (including 79 underground) 214
Cowhouses inspected 14
Slaughter-houses inspected 24
Milkshops (new) inspected and registered 21
Restaurants (new) inspected and registered —
Outworkers' Rooms (new) registered 202