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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Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Total. | |
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Number of Houses and Premises inspected | 3159 | 3797 | 4728 | 525 | 5471 | 17680 |
1st Notices served | 1361 | 775 | 639 | 76 | 827 | 3678 |
2nd Notices served | 178 | 136 | 18 | 13 | 65 | 410 |
Number of houses disinfected after infectious diseases | 145 | 48 | 119 | 9 | 263 | 584 |
Number of houses in which infectious disease recurred after disinfection | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 |
Number of houses from which bedding, &c., was burnt | .. | 1 | 11 | .. | .. | 12 |
Bedding stoved | 51 | 41 | 45 | .. | 3 | 140 |
Overcrowding abated | 29 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 51 |
Rooms cleansed and repaired | 939 | 56 | 225 | 12 | 136 | 1368 |
Staircases & passages cleansed and repaired | 269 | 37 | 87 | 8 | 56 | 457 |
New drains and drains relaid | 105 | 80 | 531 | 10 | 1614 | 2340 |
Number of feet of new sewers and branch drains | 3818 | 13581 | 7971 | .. | 12820 | 38190 |
Drains cleansed and repaired | 376 | 154 | 281 | 29 | 175 | 1015 |
Syphon traps fixed to drains | 837 | 73 | 314 | 11 | 3 | 1238 |
Sinks altered to discharge outside over gullies | 263 | 41 | 111 | 11 | 406 | 832 |
Bath and lavatory wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies | 55 | 10 | 27 | .. | 2 | 94 |
Rain water pipes disconnected from drains | 119 | 32 | 89 | 13 | 11 | 264 |
Water-closets cleansed and repaired | 657 | 325 | 163 | 9 | 627 | 1781 |
Water-closets, supply of water laid on to | 12 | 1 | 146 | 15 | 144 | 318 |
Urinals cleansed, repaired, or water laid on | 3 | 7 | 96 | .. | .. | 106 |
Accumulation of manure, &c., removed | 46 | 35 | 67 | 2 | 24 | 174 |
Cesspools abolished | 4 | 4 | 39 | .. | .. | 47 |
Dust-bins provided | 253 | 40 | 122 | 15 | 156 | 586 |
Stables drained or paved and cleansed | 30 | 9 | 6 | .. | 2 | 47 |
Yards drained or paved and cleansed | 106 | 78 | 37 | .. | 29 | 250 |
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed & repaired | .. | 59 | 116 | .. | 26 | 201 |
Leaky house-roofs and gutters repaired | 290 | 87 | 48 | 5 | 120 | 550 |
Houses supplied with water | 33 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 45 | 106 |
Water-cisterns covered and repaired | 177 | 83 | 27 | 18 | 162 | 467 |
Cistern overflow pipes disconnected from drains | .. | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 8 |
Wells closed | .. | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 |
Pig nuisances removed | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 7 | 12 |
Unclassified nuisances | 746 | 41 | 28 | 6 | 62 | 883 |
Cases investigated by Magistrates | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Compulsory Orders obtained | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Compulsory works executed | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |