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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 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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136 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
advisable to group together for the purpose of comparison with
other Metropolitan Boroughs.
| PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES— | Number of inspections, 1903. | Number of notices, 1903. | Number of prosecutions, 1903. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1902. | Added in 1903. | Removed in 1903. | On register at end of 1903. | ||||
| .. | |||||||
| 17 | .. | 1 | 92 | .. | |||
| .. | .. | ||||||
| .. | 1 | 119 | |||||
| .. | |||||||
| .. | |||||||
| (b)* | |||||||
| * (a) for overcrowding. * (b) for other conditions. | |||||||
Overcrowding, 1903—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 112
Number remedied 112
Number of notices issued 92
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms—
Number closed during year —
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London)
Act 1891 -
Shelters provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year 14
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were
received during year 359
Number of dwellings comprised therein 508
Number of certificates granted 14
„ „ „ refused 1