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Lambeth 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Particulars as to disinfection carried out in the
Borough of Lambeth during 1010.
Total No. of rooms disinfected by Council 6004
Cases in which bedding has been disinfected
at home 1544
Do. do. do. at Chamber 2355
Do. do. do destroyed 70
Premises disinfected and disinfectants supplied
13055
No. of Cleansing Notices served in connection
with infected houses 1411
Certificates of Medical Practitioners received
in lieu of disinfection by the Council 18
Schools disinfected 18
Certificates of disinfection left with occupiers of
disinfected premises 3752
Library Books disinfected 110
Mattresses re-tabbed by Council 631
Cabs disinfected 4
Articles of bedding, etc., disinfected.
Beds 1593
Bolsters 1434
Pillows 3626
Mattresses 1186
Palliasses 28
Chair Cushions 505
*The number is increased, compared with previous years, owing
to bedding no longer being removed to the disinfecting station in the
cases of Measles, Chicken-pox and Whooping Cough.
† Measles 16, Scarlet Fever 2.
‡ 98 Public Library and 12 Private Library Books.
The particulars of the 16 deaths are as follow :—
| N a me | Age when put on Milk (months). | State of Health when put on Milk. | Length of time on Milk. (in days). | Stated cause of Death. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KS. | 3 weeks | Wasting | 239 | Teething (convulsions) |
| M.M. | 2 | Good | 350 | Bronchitis |
| S.R. | 3 weeks | Weak chest | 199 | Teething, diarrhoea and neglect |
| R.McC | 1 week | Weakly | 89 | Tuberculosis |
| F.A. | 4 | Weakly | 73 | Diarrhoea and neglect |
| *C.R. | 4 | Congenital syphilis and jaundice | 30 | Congenital syphilis and debility |
| *B.T. | 12 | Congenital syphilis and gastro-enteritis | 17 | Congenital syphilis and convulsions |
| 3 | Gastro-enteritis | 17 | Enteritis and bronchitis | |
| M.A. | 8 | Wasting | 53 | Measles and pneumonia |
| M.P. | 3 | Congenital syphilis and gastro-enteritis | 26 | Congenital syphilis |
| E.M. | 7 weeks | Wasting | 39 | Accident (fracture ot collar bone) shock |
| *H .T. | 4 | Congenital syphilis and gastro-enteritis | 66 | Congenital syphilis and enteritis |