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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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.SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY THE MALE
SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING 1912.
Inspections 7867
Re-inspections 66968
Complaints attended to 6613
Cases of Infectious Disease notified 1332
Cases of Non-Notifiable Diseases dealt with 5292
Rooms disinfected 6656
Bedding, etc., disinfected 19315
Bedding, etc., destroyed 467
Drains tested (with chemical, water, or both) 8327
Sanitary Works completed 5684
Plans of drainage reconstructions received and approved
394
Premises the Drains of which have been totally or
partly reconstructed 544
Samples of Food and Drugs submitted to Analyst 1800
Notices—
Sanitary Work (Preliminary 6935 and Statutory
4223) 11158
Infectious Diseases (Public Health Act, 1891) 1332
Metropolis Local Management Acts 16
Sanitary nuisances abated—
(a) Structural 8679
(b) Non-Structural 4044
Summonses issued—
Public Health Act 5
Food and Drugs Acts 53
Convictions obtained—
Public Health Act 2
Food and Drugs Acts 42
Vide also Section of Report dealing with Housing, Town
Planning tic., Act, 1909.