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Lambeth 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE J. Giving number of Infected Houses, with percentages of (1) General Defects, and (2) Defective Drains, during 1912, together with the averages during the quinquennia 1891-1895 (Parish), 1896-1900 (Parish), 1901-1905 (Borough) and 1906-1910 (Borough).
| 1891-1895 (Average). | 1896-1900 (Average). | 1901-1905 (Average). | 1906-1910 (Average). | 1912 (Totals). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Infected Houses | 2229.8 | 2262.4 | 1682.6 | 1719.2 | 1167 |
| Number of Houses with defects found | 1220.0 | 1096.0 | 911.2 | 1033.6 | 664 |
| Number of Houses with defective drains found | 510.0 | 366.6 | 214.6 | 166.6 | 89 |
| Number of Houses with no defects found | 1009.8 | 1166.4 | 771.4 | 685.6 | 503 |
N.B.—75 infected houses (wherein 76 cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum occurred) are omitted from the 1912
figures, so that the results may be strictly comparable with those of previous years, i.e., before Ophthalmia
Neonatorum was made a notifiable disease.