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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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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| Date of repre sentation of M.O.H. to, and of resolution of, Sanitary Authority. | Address of Premises. | No. of Houses. | Date of Service of Notices. | Result. | Remarks. |
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| Mar. 5th, 1896. | 1A, 90B, 90C, 90D, 90E, 90F, 90G, 90H, 90I, 90J, 90K, Denmark Street, Coldharbour Lane | 11 | March 12th, 1896. | Voluntarily put into proper order and condition to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health. (Work nearly completed.) | Premises dirty, damp, and dilapidated, with defective sanitary fittings. |
| April 9th, 1896. | 1, 2, 3, 4, Hammond Place, Cornwall Road, Lambeth. | 4 | April 11th, 1896. | Works voluntarily carried out so as to render the houses fit for human habitation to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health. | |
| April 9th, 1896. | 6 and 7, Legrand Place, Waterloo Road. | 2 | No Notice served. | Voluntarily closed and demolished by the owners, as also the other houses in the same court, Nos. 6 and 7, having simply been taken as test cases, being the worst houses. (Duchy of Cornwall Property.) | Premises dirty, damp, and dilapidated, with want of sufficient w.c. accommodation. |
| April 9th, 1896. | 152, 154, Waterloo Road. | 2 | Nov. 28th, 1896. | Closed by order of the Magistrate on July 2rd, 1896, and 10/- per tenant allowed as compensation. No. 154 has since been re-opened as a fruit store and stall (the basement having been permanently closed and disused, and a new W.C. supplied in an upstairs roorn) | Defective drains; w.c.s without proper water supplies, and without proper light and ventilation; basements dark and dangerous to health, and their floors rotten. |
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| April 30th, 1896. | 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Isabella Row, Whitehart Street. | 10 | May 7th, 1896. | Voluntarily closed by owner. (Duchy of Cornwall Property). | Premises damp and dilapidated. |
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| May 14th, 1896. | 1, 2, 3, Windmill Court, Windmill Street, New Cut. | 3 | May 19th, 1896. | Closed by order of the Magistrate on | Premises dirty, damp, and dilapidated, and so situated that there was little light or ventilation, and no through current of air, which was consequently stagnant. |
| July 9th, 1896. | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Queen's Place, Newburn Street. | 6 | July 23rd, 1896. | Closed by order of the Magistrate on | Premises dirty, damp, and dilapidated, with defective drains. |
| Nov. 26th, 1896. | 19 & 39, Cornwall Place, Lambeth. | 2 | No Notices served. | Works voluntarily carried out so as to render the houses fit for human habitation to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health, as also in the case of other houses in the same court, and belonging to the same owner, Nos. 19 and 39 being simply taken as test cases, being the worst houses. | Premises excessively damp. |
| Nov. 26th, 1896. | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Cotham Place | 10 | No Notices served. | Works voluntarily carried out so as to render the houses fit for human habitation to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health. | Premises dirty, damp, and dilapidated. |
| Nov. 26th, 1896. | 42, New Park Road | 1 | Dec. 28th, 1896. | House closed voluntarily by the owner. | Premises dirty, damp, and dilapidated. |