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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 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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Table: 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.

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 Cases3727
Sanitary Act.
Notices served and Verbal836
Small Pox322
Scarlet Fever194
Typhoid65
TyphusI
Measles225
Diphtheria38
Chicken Pox3
Diarrhœa88
Total836
Nuisances Removal Act.
Notices served1466
Dirty Premises, &c437
Defective or Stopped Drains1414
Defective Water Supply171
Removals of Manure, &c.156
Foul Urinals19
Offensive Gullies37
Animals improperly kept1
Bad Meat destroyed1
Bad Fish destroyed2
Trade Nuisances1
Total2239
Verbal Notices773

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Summonses Issued, 18. Convictions, 18.
Cautioned, 8.