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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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TABLF L—
Giving number of Infected Houses, with percentages of (1) General Defects, and (2) Defective Drains, throughout the Borough during 1910, and throughout the old Parish daring ten years 189l-1900.
| 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | Average for ten years 1891-1900. | 1910 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Infected Houses | 2374 | 2094 | 2435 | 1992 | 2246 1 | 1368 |
| Number of Houses with defects found | 1210=50.9% | 1044=49.9% | 1163=47.5% | 886=44.5% | 1158.0=51.6% | 648=47.4% |
| Number of Houses with defective drains found | 390=16.4% | 351=16.9% | 384=15.8% | 285=14.3% | 438.3=19.5% | 101=7.4% |
| Number of Houses with no delects found | 1164=19.1% | 1050=50.1% | 1272=52.5% | 1106=55.5% | 1088.1=48.4% | 720=52.6% |
N.B.—Only 7.4 per cent. of the houses in 1910 shewed, with the test, defective drains, no
results being obtained therefrom in the other cases.