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, Metropolitan Borough]
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Clapham. | Putney | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Total. | |
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Number of Houses and Premises Inspected | 6299 | 3108 | 2438 | 522 | 3298 | 15665 |
Preliminary Notices served | 1875 | 658 | 1485 | 187 | 1170 | 5375 |
Statutory Notices served | 256 | 46 | 25 | .. | 376 | 702 |
Number of Houses disinfected after infectious diseases | 190 | 66 | 407 | 72 | 309 | 1043 |
Number of rooms disinfected after infectious diseases | 300 | 69 | 471 | 78 | 322 | 1240 |
Number of houses in which infectious disease recurred after disinfection | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Number of houses from which bedding, &c., was burnt | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Bedding stoved | 248 | 46 | 222 | 59 | 347 | 922 |
Overcrowding abated | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 44 |
Rooms cleansed and lepaired | 1107 | 68 | 444 | 254 | 912 | 2785 |
Staircases and passages cleansed and repaired | 238 | 30 | 191 | 68 | 133 | 660 |
New drains and drains relaid | 120 | 233 | 116 | 10 | 178 | 656 |
New ventilating pipes | 228 | 284 | 163 | 23 | 223 | 921 |
Drains cleansed and repaired | 268 | 86 | 58 | 17 | 226 | 656 |
Syphon traps fixed to drains | 1134 | 227 | 23 | 9 | 152 | 1545 |
Sinks altered to discharge outside over gullies | 12 | 5 | 96 | 14 | 21 | 147 |
Bath and lavatory wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies | 2 | .. | 85 | 2 | 12 | 101 |
Rain water pipes disconnected from drains | 10 | 9 | 165 | 29 | 124 | 337 |
Water closets cleansed and repaired | 350 | 195 | 224 | 62 | 487 | 1318 |
Water closets, separate supply of water laid on to | .. | .. | 215 | 67 | 28 | 310 |
Urinals cleansed, repaired, or water laid on | 15 | 9 | 2 | .. | 9 | 35 |
Accumulation of manure, &c. removed | 64 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 38 | 159 |
Cesspools abolished | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 |
Dust-bins provided or repaired .. | 203 | 73 | 199 | 79 | 175 | 729 |
Stables and stable yards drained or paved and cleansed | 17 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 25 |
Yards drained or paved and cleansed | 170 | 108 | 34 | 70 | 146 | 538 |
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed and repaired | .. | 45 | .. | .. | 3 | 48 |
Leaky house-roofs and gutters repaired | 317 | 143 | 33 | 4 | 137 | 634 |
Houses re-supplied with water | 10 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 44 |
Water cisterns cleansed covered, and repaired | 300 | 40 | 182 | 87 | 96 | 705 |
Cistern overflow pipes disconnected from drains | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Wells closed | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Pig nuisances removed | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
Unclassified nuisances | 1089 | 85 | 54 | 18 | 234 | 1476 |