London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wandsworth 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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| Houses disinfected, and where necessary cleansed after Small-Pox Houses disinfected, and where necessary cleansed after various kinds of Fever | 27 86 |
| Defective drains cleansed and repaired | 109 |
| Cesspools abolished | 14 |
| Accumulations of manure removed | 16 |
| Dust bins provided | 80 |
| Defective apparatus to water closets repaired | 106 |
| Water supply added to closets | 9 |
| Water supply added to houses | 11 |
| Pig nuisances removed | 36 |
| Covers to cisterns provided | 83 |
| Cisterns provided | 4 |
| Sweeping trade refuse into the street discontinued | 6 |
| Obstructions on roads and footpaths removed | 27 |
| No. of houses where separate drainage has been enforced | 12 |
| Dilapidated closets repaired | 4 |
| Summonses | 49 |
| Order of the Board obtained | 19 |
JOSEPH OAKMAN,
Medical Officer of Health, West Battersea.