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Lambeth 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]

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CLERICAL STAFF.
The Department (Clerical Staff) was increased during 1910
by one additional Clerk, to be called the Register-Clerk, at
a commencing salary of £60 per annum, rising by annual
increments of £5* to a maximum of £100. The special
duties of the office of Register-Clerk are connected with the
clerical work arising out of the following:—
(a) The Notification and Registration of Birth and the
Notification of Births Act, 1907, and the work of the
Health Visitor;
(b) The Notification of Tuberculosis and the Public
Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908;.
(c) The compiling and keeping of the Card Index
Registers in connection with Births, Factories, Workshops,
Workplaces, Dairies, Milk 'Stores, Restaurants,
etc.
(J) The keeping of the Infectious Disease School
Register.
(e) Such other matters as may be found necessary.
The Clerical Work in connection with the Department
during 1910 is again given in the form of a statement,
shewing certain items of work done in the Borough during
9 years (1901-10), as compared with the yearly average for
the Old Parish of Lambeth during 5 years (1896-1900).
Average Average
9 years 5 years
1901-1909 1896-1900
1910. 1909. 1908-7. 1906-5. 1904-1. (Borough).(Parish).
Letters, etc., received
(entered
in Letter Book) 10781 10169 19347 17415 33461 8932.4 8611.4
Letters, etc., sent
out (entered in
Postal Book) 19171 20732 29323 32241 72194 18276.6 26096.6
Notices Served ... 12110 12532 28696 27647 53395 13585-7 12180.8
Letters Typed 5305 4682 8504 9628 20648 4829.1 4905.0
Complaints entered
in Complaint
Book 7045 6564 13186 14190 22618 6284.2 5474.0
* Since increased to £10 per annum (February, 1911.)

Antitoxin.

The Borough Council has distributed during 1910, free of cost to medical practitioners practising in Lambeth Borough, 32 vials of antitoxin.

1910.Sputa— Tub. Bac. found.*Bloods— Typhoid reaction obtained.Throat and Nose Membranes and Discharges— Klebs, Lœffier Bac. found.
Yes.No.Total.Yes.No.Total.Yes.No.Total.
January11102111243034
February617231...112728
March12142614533033
April8614123...2626
May123...........1112829
June6915...44...3333
July1081811262935
August291124662834
September21352732023
October461072943539
November481212372835
December11617...1142428
TOTALS779617320244439338377