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Lambeth 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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DISINFECTION STATISTICS—continued.
| 1890 to 1892 | 1893 | 1891 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | V early average for 18 yrs. succeeding the Notification Act. | 1908 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of cases in which Bedding, etc., has been disinfected. -At Home | 1018 | 343 | 177 | 251 | 368 | 217 | 132 | 81 | 62 | 37 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 881§ | 1096 | 261.6 | 1120 |
| At Chamber | 5501 | 3042 | 2206 | 2472 | 2447 | 2126 | 2424 | 2998 | 2450 | 3040 | 3702 | 3253 | 3107 | 3583 | 2484 | 4781 | 2756.4 | 2690 |
| No. of cases in which Bedding, etc., has been destroyed. | 774 | 224 | 119 | 6 | 49 | 39 | 27 | 41 | 59 | 75 | 134 | 62 | 53 | 47 | 33 | 44 | 99.4 | 36 |
| No. of Articles of Bedding, etc., disinfected. | 19669 | 11513 | 8022 | 13516 | 20349 | 21487 | 21597 | 27923 | 27528 | 27265 | 410291 | 26957 | 26359 | 51552 | 22850 | 24891 | 21805.9 | 22646 |
| No. of Articles of Bedding, etc., destroyed. | 1405 | 674 | 544 | 186 | 178 | 162 | 126 | 326 | 1783 | 959 | 1006* | 587 | 479 | 519 | 419 | 200 | 530.7 | 231 |
| Premises disinfected and disinfectants supplied. | 6695 | 5836 | 5742 | 7146 | 7210 | 8715 | 8441 | 9146 | 9124 | 9522 | 12607 | 10984 | 12367 | 13212 | 11735 | 11808 | 8352.8 | 11575 |
| Infectious Diseases dealt with— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Notifiable† | 4701 | 4070 | 2433 | 2685 | 2801 | 2663 | 2329 | 2693 | 2209 | 2025 | 4273 | 1587 | 1938 | 1853 | 2074 | 2140 | 2510.2 | 2056 |
| Non-Notifiablet | - | - | - | - | 20 | 87 | 144 | 1339 | 1702 | 1376 | 1094 | 2269 | 2638 | 3927 | 2388 | 4047 | 25859 | 3204 |
*Including 26145 and 355 Smallpox articles disinfected and destroyed respectively in 1902.
†The Notification Clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, came into force on January 1st, 1892, and previous to 1896
practically no attention was paid to disinfection in connection with the non-notifiable infectious diseases.
§This number is increased for 1906, 1907 and 1908 on account of bedding, etc., no longer being removed to the Disinfection Station
as a routine in connection with Measles, Whooping Cough and Chicken-pox.
N.B.—The Statistics for 1901-8 refer to Borough Council; those for all previous years, to the late Vestry.