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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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B. Infectious Diseases Notification.
Notices served (1368 infected houses) 1527
SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY THE SANITARY
INSPECTORS DURING 1910.
Inspections 8960
Re-inspections 61467
House to House Inspections 2171
Complaints attended to 7045
Case of Infectious Disease notified 1527
(a) Cases under treatment at Home 227
(b) Cases removed to Hospital 1300
Cases of Non-Notifiable Diseases dealt with 4501
Houses disinfected 1411
Rooms disinfected 6004
Bedding, etc., disinfected 21087
Bedding, etc., destroyed 445
Dust Yards, Manure Depots and Brickfields, inspections
of .. 277
Drains tested (with chemical, water, or both) 8495
Sanitary Works completed 5370
Plans of drainage reconstructions received and approved
373
Premises the Drains of which have been totally or
partly reconstructed. 507
Articles procured for the Analyst—
(a) Food and Drugs 1800
(b) Water 1
New Workshops inspected and registered 115
New Factories inspected and registered 10
Bakehouses inspected (including 79 underground) 214
Cowhouses inspected 13
Slaughter houses inspected . 24
Milkshops (new) inspected and legistered 72
Restaurants (new) inspected and registered 51