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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The number of intimation notices served was 6,471, compared
with 6,204 in 1901, and the number of statutory notices 899,
compared with 773.
The number of statutory notices include bye-law notices, the
particulars of which are as follows:—
Dust bins 93, removal of manure 50, insufficient sanitary
conveniences in workshops 19, dirty and uncovered
cisterns 77, defective or no yard paving 123, absence of
manure receptacles 11, defective water-closets 14, and
offensive trades 1.
109 cases of overcrowding were dealt with during the year,
by far the greater number of cases occurring in the parishes of
Streatham and Wandsworth.
In the parish of Streatham the overcrowding occurred in
several houses in Greyhound Square, which were inspected in a.
house-to-house inspection, and which would not have been discovered
if such inspection had not taken place.
In Wandsworth the cases occurred chiefly in the Fairfield
ward.
All the cases of overcrowding were abated without prosecution
being necessary, and in the majority of cases such overcrowding
was purely domestic.
610 ashpits were provided or repaired, compared with 525 in
1901, and 573 complaints (96 from Clapham, 115 from Putney,
180 from Streatham, 36 from Tooting and 146 from Wandsworth)
were received during the year. The great majority of these complaints
were due, as was the case in the previous year, to the fact
that the occupiers were out at the time the dustmen called.
The Surveyors inform me that no alteration has taken place in
the arrangements for dusting and scavenging since last year,
details of which were given in the report for that year.