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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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B. Infectious Diseases Notification.
Notices served (1900 infected houses) 2074
SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY THE SANITARY
INSPECTORS DURING 1906.
Inspections 9896
Re-inspections 63021
Infectious Houses visited 2074
Complaints attended to 7540
Cases of Infectious Disease notified 2074
(a) Cases under treatment at Home 482
(b) Cases removed to Hospital 1592
Cases of Non-Notifiable Diseases dealt with 2388
Houses disinfected 1941
Rooms disinfected 4061
Bedding, etc., disinfected 22850
Bedding, etc., destroyed 419
Dust Yards, Manure Depots and Brickfields, inspections
of 318
Drains tested (with chemical, water, or both) 10389
Sanitary Works completed. 6075
Plans of drainage reconstructions received and approved 486
Premises the Drains of which have been totally or
partly reconstructed 714
Articles procured for the Analyst—
(a) Food and Drugs 1500
(b) Water —
Special Smoke observations and enquiries 500
New Workshops inspected and registered 112
Bakehouses inspected (including 79 underground) 214
Cowhouses inspected 15
Slaughter-houses inspected 27
Restaurants (new) inspected and registered
Outworkers' Rooms visited 181
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