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Lambeth 1908
[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 1908.
| Details as to Sanitary Conditions and Defects found. | Old Parish Districts, and the Inspectors in charge thereof. | Totals. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh. | Bishop's and Prince's Vauxhall and Stockwell. | Brixton. | Tulse Hill, Norwood. | |||||||||||
| Scorrer. | Clements. | Hooper. | Jones. | Howes. | Jackson. | Baxter. | Gavin. | Bott. | Wall is | Smith. | Barfoot | |||
| Ventila- tion | satisfactory | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 92 |
| not | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cleanli ness | satisfactory | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 88 |
| not | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 10 | |
| Workrooms | damp | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| not | 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 92 | |
| Workrooms | warm | 5 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 91 |
| not | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| State of sani tary fittings, & C, | good | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 80 | |
| bad | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
| Soil pipe | ventilated | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 63 |
| not ventilated | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 17 | |
| no soil pipe | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | I | - | - | 13 | |
| Position of W.C. | outside | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 45 |
| inside | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | 4 | 4 | - | 27 | |
| outside and inside | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 21 | |
| No W.C- | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Separate W.Caccommodation | Yes | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 53 |
| No | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 40* | |
| Communicatication (direct) between W.C.s & roon | Yes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 93 | |
N.B.—The Wards of the old Parish of Lambeth are retained so that this Table may be comparable with those in previous Reports (1897-1907).
The above 93 Wtrkshops (with 2 exceptions) were inspected by the Female Sanitary Inspectors.
*In only one of these 40 cases was separate W.C. accommodation required —persons of one sex only being employed in the otl er 39 cases.