Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1918 page 72

Wandsworth 1918

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1918

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XXXVIII.Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1918.

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TABLE XXXVIII.Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1918.

	Clapham.		Putney.	Streatham		Tooting.	Wandsworth			Whole Borough.
	North Ward.	South Ward.	Putney.	Strea-tham Ward.	Bal-ham Ward.	Tooting.	South field Ward.	Fairfield Ward.	Spri'g field Ward.	Whole Borough.
Number of complaints received and attended to	44O	202	282	441	443	653	294	410	446	3611
Number of houses and premises inspected	4618	3079	2982	3848	5094	4060	3870	2458	4326	34335
Number of houses and premises re-inspected	990	649	1326	443	2070	1798	716	734	1503	11229
Number of house - to - house inspections	82	...	68	...	293	64	55	75	53	690
Number of preliminary notices served	390	142	382	29O	809	508	282	374	589	3766
Ditto complied with	372	122	245	246	815	470	252	320	461	3303
Number of statutory notices served	14	6	37	28	102	55	9	23	106	380
Ditto complied with	12	4	11	30	102	34	5	34	85	317
Notices served for periodical removal of manure	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Number of rooms disinfected after infective diseases	432	628	456	499	824	660	593	359	785	5236
Bedding stoved	i70	173	213	187	308	244	152	146	184	1777
Overcrowding abated	1	...	2	7	3	4	3	4	9	33
Rooms cleansed and repaired	211	53	287	290	812	355	120	207	529	2864
Staircases cleansed and repaired	30	7	41	33	126	47	13	31	75	403
Drains cleansed and repaired	40	43	59	171	77	105	52	20	49	616
Drains tested	200	108	55	57	176	147	79	141	240	1303
Drains found defective	5	16	4	37	41	40	8	4	51	206
Traps fixed to drains	...	28	3	78	23	4	5	1	...	142
Bath, lavatory and sink wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies or repaired	26	11	37	29	40	21	12	31	35	242
Rain water pipes disconnected from drains	...	...	...	...	1	2	2	5	18	28
Water closets cleansed and repaired	72	64	169	148	271	99	85	114	201	1223
Water closets, separate supply of water laid on to	...	...	...	...	...	4	...	...	...	4
Accumulations of manure, etc., removed	7	9	12	49	29	18	5	4	21	154
Urinals cleansed, repaired or water laid on to	4	...	10	10	9	2	1	...	2	38
Cesspools abolished	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Ashpits provided or repaired	40	15	50	44	74	50	63	52	129	517
Dust complaints received	90	58	106	127	94	77	126	47	113	838
Stables and stables yards drained, paved or cleansed	7	...	...	27	5	10	6	4	43	102
Yards drained, paved or cleansed	13	9	55	40	43	39	14	44	98	355
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed or repaired	2	...	23	11	45	15	1	8	2	107
Leaky roofs and gutters repaired	67	45	72	96	131	78	42	73	120	724
Damp courses inserted	...	4	5	15	17	5	4	22	15	87
Damp conditions remedied	40	18	82	111	68	65	42	95	96	617
Houses re-supplied with water	7	2	12	10	21	11	9	9	13	94
Water cisterns cleansed, covered or repaired	10	19	23	19	4	23	12	24	58	202
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance	4	...	1	6	4	8	2	4	19	48
Smoke nuisances reported	...	...	...	3	...	...	...	...	3	6
Soil pipes repaired	3	4	15	36	30	33	8	1	6	136
Unclassified nuisances	71	24	57	72	67	27	44	26	17	405

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Table: TABLE XXXVIII.Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1918.