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Lambeth 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Dustbins— | 1908 | 1906-7 | 1905 | 1904 | 1903 | 1902 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wanting | 17 | 120 | 25 | 31 | 49 | 72 |
| Defective | 52 | 188 | 23 | 21 | 33 | 34 |
| Lavatories— Defective or dirty | 17 | 24 | 12 | __ | 2 | 8 |
| Miscellaneous defects (not included above)— Animals improperly kept | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 20 | |
| Accumulations in yards | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | |
| Sink wastes defective. | 12 | 16 | — | _ | — | 8 |
| Otherwise | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Nuisance referred to M. O. H. for attention by Male Inspectors (defective drains, w.c.s, etc.) | 66 | 209 | 48 | 59 | 86 | 68 |
Miss L. M. H. Pearson, who was appointed on November
23rd, 1905, as Sanitary Inspector to the Borough, resigned
her position on July 13th, 1908, owing to her appointment
as one of His Majesty's Inspectors, under the Home Office,
and ceased her duties in Lambeth on August 31st, 1908.
The Council on September 31st, 1908, appointed Miss
F. M. Dawson, of Bradford Corporation, as Sanitary Inspector
for the Borough vice Miss L. M. H. Pearson, resigned,
and she commenced her duties in Lambeth on November
1st, 1908 (her appointment having beefi confirmed by
the Local Government Board on October 21st, 1908).
The Female Public Conveniences are under constant
supervision by the Female Inspectors, 599 visits having been
paid thereto during 1908.
The Female Inspectors have during' T908 be'en etlgaged in
visiting 136 houses wherein deaths from infantile (summer)
diarrhoea have been reported as having.occurred, with a view
to helping to further elucidate the predisposing causes of
this disease; and in inspecting schools (29), and.the homes
of the scholars, in connection with outbreaks "of d:sease
(more especially measles)i-
It will be noted, in connection with the inspections and
re-inspections of workshops and workplaces (where women