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 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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| Brought forward .. | 16 | ||
| Violence:— | |||
| Injury to knee-cap ., | l | ||
| Poisoning | l | ||
| Suffocation in bed | 4 | ||
| Falls | 2 | ||
| Run over | 1 | 9 | |
| Cut Throat | 2 | ||
| Poisoning | 2 | ||
| Hanging | 1 | 5 | |
| Found dead | 1 | ||
| Want of attention at birth | 1 | ||
| Poisoning | 1 | ||
| Alcoholism | 1 | ||
| Asphyxia | 1 | 5 | |
| Total | 35 | ||
Sanitary
Operations.
The Sanitary operations performed during
the year under report are, as usual, tabulated
in the combined Report (Table No. XIII.)
During the year 1,250 inspections were made by
the staff, including those made from house-to-house, also
upon complaints and in dealing with notifications of
infectious disease. As a result of these inspections
1,259 notices were served to remedy sanitary defects, &c.,
and in 40 instances second notices were required to be
served.
In the supervision of drainage works 9,739 visits
were made and the water tests applied in 4,340 instances.
After cases of infectious disease, 382 rooms in 307
houses were disinfected by sulphurous acid gas, and
clothing submitted to treatment by superheated steam
in 291 instances.
Drains to 147 premises were relaid or reconstructed,
and 328 syphon traps were fixed in lieu of bell traps or