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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 1898

[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 daring the year 1898.

TABLE XIII.

Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District daring the year 1898.

Clapham.PutneyStreatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total.
Number of Houses and Premises Inspected563036251238219339114103
Preliminary Notices served1977578133316611145168
Statutory Notices served2474735..306635
Number of Houses disinfected after infectious diseases336..302573471042
Number of rooms disinfected after infectious diseases40469370623881283
Number of houses in which infectious disease recurred after disinfection........1818
Number of houses from which bedding, &c., was burnt1........1
Bedding stoved31953338604301200
Overcrowding abated64422642
Rooms cleansed and repaired109936451621391787
Staircases and passages cleansed and repaired24297..32290
New drains and drains relaid13011314010192585
New ventilating pipes20523155470457
Drains cleansed and repaired261140304252687
Syphon traps fixed to drains9981086721931368
Sinks altered to discharge outside over gullies2912106347197
Bath and lavatory wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies123442..61
Rain water pipes disconnected from drains3631166616255
Water closets cleansed and repaired43619313943621134
Water closets, supply of water laid on to....852248335
Urinals cleansed, repaired, or water laid on642..315
Accumulation of manure, &c., removed632811234138
Cesspools abolished..4....26
Dust-bins provided or repaired256938712234682
Stables and stable yards drained or paved and cleansed922..720
Yards drained or paved and cleansed2363427..125422
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed and repaired..20....6282
Leaky house-roofs and gutters repaired286927..64449
Houses re-supplied with water18..10..1240
Water cisterns cleansed covered, and repaired1327419..128353
Cistern overflow pipes disconnected from drains........22
Wells closed........22
Pig nuisances removed............
Unclassified nuisances8563332..3751296
Cases investigated by Magistrates40219..1172
Compulsory Orders obtained40..7..1158