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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 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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Table: R eturn showing the Number and Nature of Nuisances removed or abated in the Parish of Lambeth, from the t st January, to the 31st December, 1883.

R eturn showing the Number and Nature of Nuisances removed or abated in the Parish of Lambeth, from the t st January, to the 31st December, 1883.

Number of Cases3060
Sanitary Act.
Notices served and Verbal680
Small Pox56
Scarlet Fever249
Typhoid66
Typhus3
Measles125
Diphtheria37
Chicken Pox1
Simple Continued Fever73
Diarrhœa70
Total680

Table: Nuisances Removal Act.

Nuisances Removal Act.

Notices served909
Dirty Premises, &c.255
Defective or Stopped Drains1295
Defective Water Supply149
Removals of Manure, &c.169
Foul Urinals21
Offensive Gullies29
Keeping Swine1
Animals improperly kept3
Dung Pits erected2
Bad Rabbits destroyed1
Bad Fish destroyed2
Total1927
Verbal Notices1018