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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The total number of intimation notices served during the
year was 5,797, compared with 6,471 in 1902, and of statutory
notices 785, compared with 899 in 1902.
The number of cases of overcrowding dealt with during the
year was 92, compared with 109 in 1902. Of these 64 cases
occurred in the sub-district of Wandsworth, chiefly in the Fairfield
and Springfield Wards. With the exception of nine all
these cases were due to domestic overcrowding, while of the nine,
eight were due to lodgers, and one case occurred in a house
registered as a house let in lodgings.
All the cases of overcrowding were remedied without having
resource to legal proceedings.
803 ashpits were provided or repaired, compared with 610
in 1902, and 438 complaints of non-removal of house refuse (92
from Clapham, 33 from Putney, 131 from Streatham, 53 from
Tooting, and 129 from Wandsworth), were received during the
year.
All these complaints were inquired into by the special
Inspectors appointed for that purpose, and in the majority of
cases the non-removal was due to the fact that the occupants were
out at the time the dustmen made the regular collection.
With reference to the collection of house refuse in the
Eastern District, Mr. Marten, the Surveyor, reports as follows:—
In the Eastern District, comprising Clapham, Balham, Streatham,
and Tooting, the collection of house refuse is carried out by the
Council with their own horses and vans and men in their employ.
The refuse from Clapham (Northern Portion) is taken away
by rail to Sevenoaks, Kent, and from Streatham (Southern Portion)
by rail from Streatham Common Station; from the remaining
part of the District, viz.:— Clapham (Southern Portion), Balham,
Streatham, and Tooting, is burnt at the Dust Destrutor, Tooting.
There is a weekly collection, but certain premises including flats
are at the discretion of the Surveyor cleared two or three times a
week.
In the Western District, Mr. Dodd, the Surveyor, reports that
no change has taken place in the method of removal during the
year, particulars of which were given in the Report for the year
1901.