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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 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Table: TABLE XIII.Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year1895.

TABLE XIII.

Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year1895.

Clapham.PutneyStreatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total.
Number of Houses and Premises Inspected401034321243405287111961
Preliminary Notices served138175291516711704385
Statutory Notices served18238762268566
Number of Houses disinfected alter infectious diseases2497224031194786
Number of rooms disinfected after3701229336226937
Number of houses in which infectious disease recurred after disinfection1..92315
Number of houses from which bedding, &c., was burnt..2....13
Bedding disinfected by Contiactor2395113020201641
Overcrowding abated131312846
Rooms cleansed and repaired657412911051201214
Staircases and passages cleansed703310320136
Drains relaid2207628328219826
New ventilating pipes44017358263491190
Drains cleansed and repaired58514142103301108
Syphon traps fixed to drains199770246202212754
Sinks altered to discharge outside over gullies1621726412165620
Bath and lavatory wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies3713886138282
Rain water pipes disconnected from2242127726191739
Water closets cleansed and repaired225342603563981524
Water closets, supply of water laid on to3216892436701
Urinals cleansed, repaired, or water3221614
Accumulation of manure, &c.,505116143162
Cesspools abolished1..8..312
Dust-bins provided or repaired2077315155449935
Stables drained or paved and147....1031
Yards drained or paved and cleansed1037218385281
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed and repaired14..71123
Leaky house-roofs and gutters repaired1225824678278
Houses supplied with water672546043216
Water cisterns covered, repaired, and cleansed36126443211843
Cistern overflow pipes disconnected from drains..1....12
Wells closed1......45
Pig nuisances removed1..1..57
Unclassified nuisances155514231..6202348
Cases investigated by Magistrates10112912172
Compulsory Orders obtained86271547
Compulsory works executed8627..646