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]
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Return showing the Number and Nature of Nuisances removed or abated in the Parish of Lambeth, from the 1st January, to the 31st December, 1884.
Number of Cases | 3727 |
Notices served and Verbal | 836 |
Small Pox | 322 |
Scarlet Fever | 194 |
Typhoid | 65 |
Typhus | I |
Measles | 225 |
Diphtheria | 38 |
Chicken Pox | 3 |
Diarrhœa | 88 |
Total | 836 |
Notices served | 1466 |
Dirty Premises, &c | 437 |
Defective or Stopped Drains | 1414 |
Defective Water Supply | 171 |
Removals of Manure, &c. | 156 |
Foul Urinals | 19 |
Offensive Gullies | 37 |
Animals improperly kept | 1 |
Bad Meat destroyed | 1 |
Bad Fish destroyed | 2 |
Trade Nuisances | 1 |
Total | 2239 |
Verbal Notices | 773 |
Summonses Issued, 18. Convictions, 18.
Cautioned, 8.