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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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Antitoxin.
The Borough Council has distributed during 1908, free of cost to medical practitioners practising in Lambeth Borough, 43 vials of antitoxin.
| 1908. | SputaTub. Bac. found. | *BloodsTyphoid reaction obtained | Throat and Nose Membranes and Discharges— Klebs, Lœeffler Bac. found. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes. | No. | Total. | Yes. | No. | Total. | Yes. | No. | Total. | |
| January | 4 | 7 | 11 | - | 4 | 4 | - | 30 | 30 |
| February | 5 | 12 | 17 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 49 |
| March | 3 | 19 | 22 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 25 | 25 |
| April | 5 | 16 | 21 | 2 | - | 2 | — | 23 | 23 |
| May | 8 | 12 | 20 | - | — | — | — | 76 | 76 |
| June | 1 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 49 | 49 |
| July | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 19 | 19 |
| August | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | - | — | 2 | 22 | 24 |
| September | 2 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 37 |
| October | 8 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 58 |
| November | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 74 | 79 |
| December . | 1 | 6 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 38 | 38 | |
| TOTALS | 42 | 121 | 163 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 13 | 494 | 507 |
*In 10 samples (i.e., 90'9 per cent.) of suspected Typhoid Fever blood, in
connectian with which there was a reaction, the reaction was slightly (or feebly)
marked.
N.B.—9 other samples were also examined during 1908, viz.:—pus (gonococci),
1; deep well water, 1 ; soda water, 6 ; pus (tubercle), 1.
REFUSE AND MANURE DEPOTS.
The 13 public depots, situated in Lambeth Borough, have
been under constant (daily during the summer months) supervision
during 1908.
Dust Yards in Tinworth Street.
In August, 1908, a letter was received by the Council from
the Local Government Board, enclosing copy of a letter,