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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 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Sewers.During the past year the following lengths of sewers, &c., have been constructed in the Borough:—

Sewers.

During the past year the following lengths of sewers, &c., have been constructed in the Borough:—

Lineal feet of new sewers26,247
Manholes96
Lampholes2
Ventilators46
Gullies273

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sewer ventilating shafts have been fixed against sides of
houses, and one column erected, during the year, in lieu of surface
ventilators in the roads, which in all cases have been hermetically
sealed.