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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
carried out, and this mitigates the nuisance to some extent,
but nothing short of daily removal will altogether cure it.
In one or two instances the daily removal from each flat is
carried out by the caretaker, who empties the dust into a
large receptacle in the yard at the back of the premises from
which it is removed by the employes of the Council.
In the Western District, comprising Wandsworth, and
Putney, the house refuse is collected once a week, and at
the discretion of the Surveyor more frequently from flats and
Public Institutions.
In Wandsworth the collection and disposal is carried out
by a contractor, and in Putney the collection is carried out by
the employes of the Council, and the disposal by a contractor.
The refuse is deposited into barges at the Parish Yards
in Wandsworth and Putney, and taken down the river to
some brickfields in Kent.
In 496 cases the yards of premises have been repaired or
paved, compared with 538 in 1900.
Nuisances from unpaved yards are very common in some of
the older property in the Borough, and some difficulty has been
experienced in getting these yards put into a sanitary condition.
In wet weather these yards have been found to be in some cases
almost impassable owing to the water lying there, giving rise to
dampness of walls of rooms abutting thereon. The paving of
all yards a distance of three feet from the walls with impermeable
material would be a benefit to the occupants of that class of
property, and it is satisfactory to note that in the majority of
the 496 cases dealt with during the year this was done.
Smoke Nuisances.
47 cases of this were reported by the Sanitary Inspectors,
and in three cases proceedings were taken. 35 of these were
reported from Wandsworth, eight from Clapham, and four from
Streatham.
839 unclassified nuisances were dealt with, compared with
1,476 in 1900.