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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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TABLE
Giving number of Infected Houses, with percentages of (1) General Defects, and (2) Defective Drains, thronghout the Borough during 1908, and throughout the old Parish during ten years 1891-1900.
| 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | Average for ten years 1891-1900. | 1908 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Infected Houses | 2374 | 2094 | 2435 | 1992 | 2246.1 | 1829 |
| Number of Houses with defects found | 1210 = 50.9% | 1044 =49.9% | 1163 =47.5% | 886 =44.5% | 1158.0 =51.6% | 1142 =62.5% |
| Number of Houses with defective drains found | 390 = 16.4% | 351 = 15.8% | 384 =15.8% | 285 = 14.3% | 438.3 = 19.5% | 168 =9.2% |
| Number of Houses with no defects found | 1164 = 49.1% | 1050 =50.1% | 1272 = 52.5% | 1106 = 55.5% | 1088.1 =48.4% | 687 =37.5% |
N.B.—Only 9.2 per cent, of the houses in 1908 shewed, with the test, defective drains, no
results being obtained therefrom in the other cases.