Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Sanitary Appliances : Waterclosets— 1910 1909 1908 1907
Defective Flushing Tanks and Water
Supply 96 110 69 81
No separate suitable accommodation for
the sexes 1 6 4 7
Drainage—
Defective, unventilated, et 20 10 2 22
Dustbins—
Wanting 33 27 17 51
Defective 72 70 52 68
Lavatories—
Defective or dirty — — 17 21
Miscellaneous defects (not included above)—
Animals improperly kept 1 — 1 1
Accumulations in yards 4 — 3 —
Sink wastes defective 19 13 12 6
Otherwise 1 1 — —
Nuisance referred to M.O.H. for attention by
Male Inspectors (defective drains, w.c.s,
etc.) 54 55 66 55
The Female Inspectors have, during 1910, inspected 118
Restaurant Kitchens (4.6 re-inspections), whilst 50 visits
have been paid to Restaurants, and the premises found
empty or the tenants out; and in connection with Outworkers,
495 inspections and 240 re-inspections have been
made, together with 542 visits to out-workers' premises)
which were found empty or the Out-workers not at work.
A total of 850 visits have been paid to factories and workshops
(632 inspections, 140 re-inspections and 78 calls
where the workshops were found empty or the workers not
at work).
28 visits were also paid to the Moffatt Institute (connected
with the distribution of the Council's milk), and 8
to the Milk Depot (York Road).
The Female Public Conveniences are under constant
supervision by the Female Inspectors, 510 visits have been
paid thereto during 1910.
The Female Inspectors during 1910 have been engaged in
visiting 75 houses wherein deaths from infantile (summer)