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Wandsworth 1896

Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1896

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TABLE XIII.

Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1896.

Clapham.PutneyStreatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total.
Number of Houses and Premises Inspected49632896189381394813781
Preliminary Notices served209367413047912045254
Statutory Notices served154291181430732
Number of Houses disinfected after infectious diseases300..327443761047
Number of rooms disinfected after infectious diseases330144402454241345
Number of houses in which infectious disease recurred after disinfection..1621120
Number of houses from which bedding, &c., was burnt..1......1
Bedding stoved25897274453911065
Overcrowding abated148521746
Rooms cleansed and repaired1139132364761831894
Staircases and passages cleansed and repaired254244..33315
Drains relaid148952485203699
New ventilating pipes331..25215105703
Drains cleansed and repaired48317871103251067
Syphon traps fixed to drains158064683202052462
Sinks altered to discharge outside over gullies853027911182587
Bath and lavatory wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies1871974139366
Rain water pipes disconnected from2152327710105628
Water closets cleansed and repaired331250330244471382
Water closets, supply of water laid on to121408336487
Urinals cleansed, repaired, or water laid on12732428
Accumulation of manure, &c.,256321366168
Cesspools abolished12....25
Dust-bins provided or repaired2804015213257742
Stables and stable yards drained or paved and cleansed114631034
Yards drained or paved and cleansed2C3661132148622
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed and repaired..13..9224
Leaky house-roofs and gutters repaired3338721107648
Houses supplied with water1482251463
Water cisterus cleansed covered, and repaired13810471..154467
Cistern overflow pipes disconnected from drains........11
Well closed........12
Pig nuisances removed....3..14
Unclassified nuisances1003744654931621
Cases investigated by Magistrates1429..1246
Compulsory Orders obtained1317..223
Compulsory works executed1311....15