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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The station at Wandsworth is now insufficient for the needs
of a Borough of this size, principally caused by want of proper
room to handle the articles, the infected and disinfected rooms
being too small.
It is also satisfactory to note that the apparatus has worked
well throughout the year, no breakdown having occurred.
A proposal is now under consideration to remove the present
station to Tooting, and to erect there a much larger building containing
two disinfectors, with proper accommodation for handling
and storing articles.
Smoke Nuisances.
46 cases of smoke nuisance were reported during the year,
39 from Wandsworth, one from Clapham, four from Streatham,
and two from Tooting.
In three cases proceedings were taken, two of these being
against a Railway Company for black smoke issuing from locomotives,
and in the third case three summonses were issued for
offences at different times.
Police Court Proceedings.
The list which follows shows particulars of Police Court proceedings
during the year.