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106 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
washhouses are a sanitary necessity and might be erected by the
Sanitary Authority at little cost and with the probability of being
self-supporting.
(15).—Eardley Road and Besley Street, Streatham, with reference
to flooding of houses from sewers after heavy rains.
(16).—Lambeth Cemetery, with reference to flooding of graves.
(17).—Houses in Gardener's Lane, Putney, as to the number of
persons displaced in consequence of street widening.
In addition to the above special inspections, 433 special inspections
were made, chiefly previous to the service of statutory
notices, these including inspection of factories and workshops.
My attendance at the Police Court was necessary on ten separate
occasions.
The Table of Sanitary Operations gives a complete record
of the work carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors during the
year.
The number of complaints received and attended to was
1,481, compared with 14,445 in 1902.
The number of houses and premises inspected was 16,419,
compared with 14,703 in 1902, and 12,592 in 1901.
The increase was general a11 all the sub-districts with the
exception of Putney, and this was to some extent due to the
amount of time taken up in the inspection of underground bakehouses.
5,219 house-to-house inspections were made, compared with
4,823 in 1902. In Clapham, Tooting, and Wandsworth, the number
of these inspections have increased, while in Putney and
Streatham there is a decrease compared with last year.