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 Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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East Battersea. | West Battersea. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham and Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Total. | |
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Number of Houses & Premises inspected | |||||||
1st Notices served | |||||||
2nd Notices served | |||||||
Number of houses disinfected after infectious diseases | 53 | ||||||
Number of houses in which infectious disease recurred after disinfection | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Number of houses from which bedding, &c., was burnt | .. | ||||||
Disinfecting apparatus at Putney, number of times used | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Overcrowding abated | 2 | 1 | |||||
Rooms cleansed and repaired | |||||||
Staircases & passages cleansed and repaired | |||||||
New drains and drains relaid | |||||||
Number of feet of new sewers and branch drains | |||||||
Drains cleansed and repaired | |||||||
Syphon traps fixed to drains | 5 | .. | |||||
Sinks altered to discharge outside over gullies | |||||||
Bath and lavatory wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Rain water paper disconnected from drains | .. | ||||||
Water-closets cleansed and repaired | |||||||
Water-closets, supply of water laid on to | .. | 86 | |||||
Urinals cleansed, repaired or water laid on | .. | ||||||
Accumulation of manure, &c., removed | 6 | ||||||
Cesspools abolished | 1 | ||||||
Stables drained or paved and cleansed | 2 | ||||||
Yards drained and paved | 62 | 11 | |||||
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed & repaired | 6 | ||||||
Leaky house-roofs and gutters-repaired | 62 | 79 | 6 | 55 | |||
Houses supplied with water | 20 | 23 | |||||
Water-cisterns covered and repaired | 409 | 113 | |||||
Cistern overflow pipes disconnected from drains | .. | .. | 37 | .. | .. | ||
Wells closed | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Pig nuisances removed | .. | 3 | |||||
Unclassified nuisances | |||||||
Cases investigated by Magistrates | .. | ||||||
Compulsory Orders obtained | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Compulsory works executed | .. | .. | .. | .. |