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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125
Special places visited and inspected—
(a) Private Houses* 1990
(b) Out-workers 162
Out-workers and Private Houses! re-inspected 268
Written intimations and Statutory Notices served 21.1
No. of Workshops, etc., in which no defects were
found on inspection 2225
No. of Workshops, etc., in which defects were
found on inspection 220
Particulars of defects found.
Work rooms—
Overcrowded 7
Damp 17
Dirty 97
Ill-ventilated 3
Insufficiently warmed 2
Otherwise 1
Defects—
Yards 10
Floors 7
Roofs 12
Windows -
Ceilings 3
Rain Water Pipes 4
Sink Wastes 5
Water Supplies 4
Premises Generally 3
Sanitary Appliances: Waterclosets—
Dirty 30
111 lighted
Unventilated -
Choked 11
* Births, 1048 ; Diarrhœa, 50 ; Tuberculosis, 865 ; others, 27.
† Births, 108; Diarrhoea, 3; Tuberculosis, 144; others, 8.