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Wandsworth 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the year 1905.
| Clapham. | putn! y. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Ward. | South Ward. | Streatham Ward. | Balham Ward. | South field Ward. | Fairfield Ward. | Spri'g field Ward. | ||||
| Number of complaints received and attended to | 137 | 146 | 33 | 397 | 104 | 127 | 101 | 137 | 1357 | |
| Number of houses and premises inspected | 2839 | 2003 | 2214 | 3330 | 2742 | 2490 | 2016 | 2927 | 2822 | 22383 |
| Number of house - to - house inspections | 840 | 801 | 768 | 374 | 779 | 499 | 798 | 738 | 693 | 6290 |
| Number of preliminary notices served | 800 | 555 | 709 | 677 | 998 | 971 | 351 | 1084 | 1062 | 7207 |
| Ditto complied with | 685 | 458 | 696 | 657 | 872 | 837 | 321 | 1058 | I020 | 6604 |
| Number of statutory notices served | 191 | 82 | !7 | 57 | 274 | 100 | 20 | 86 | 263 | 1099 |
| Ditto complied with | 112 | 72 | 15 | 56 | 266 | 96 | 24 | 86 | 251 | 978 |
| Number of rooms disinfected after infectious diseases | 302 | 285 | 283 | 349 | 299 | 337 | 361 | 274 | 457 | 2947 |
| Bedding stoved | 204 | 135 | 68 | 195 | 217 | 166 | 321 | 203 | 269 | 1778 |
| Overcrowding abated | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 37 | 92 |
| Rooms cleansed and repaired | 665 | 596 | 215 | 553 | 1143 | 552 | 118 | 605 | 1118 | 5565 |
| Staircases cleansed and repaired | 114 | 98 | 52 | i02 | 292 | 63 | 11 | 90 | 101 | 923 |
| Drains cleansed and repaired | 107 | 103 | 114 | 187 | 215 | 189 | 28 | 57 | 87 | 1087 |
| Traps fixed to drains | 38 | 42 | 19 | 152 | 64 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 356 |
| Bath, lavatory and sink wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies or repaired | 6 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 97 | 28 | 6 | 28 | 35 | 259 |
| Rain water pipes disconnected from drains | 4 | 3 | ... | 45 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 156 |
| Water closets cleansed and repaired | 257 | 181 | 224 | 219 | 341 | 172 | 132 | 235 | 380 | 2141 |
| Water closets, separate supply of water laid on to | ... | 22 | ... | 4 | 5 | 17 | ... | ... | 48 | |
| Urinals cleansed, repaired or water laid on to | ... | ... | 17 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 37 |
| Accumulations of manure, &c., removed | 22 | 28 | 81 | 32 | 60 | 39 | 11 | 33 | 23 | 329 |
| Cesspools abolished | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
| Ashpits provided or repaired | 205 | 72 | 47 | 120 | 220 | 88 | 6O | 154 | 162 | 1128 |
| Dust complaints received | 24 | 26 | 172 | 75 | 48 | 60 | 37 | 32 | 26 | 500 |
| Stables and stable yards drained, paved or cleansed | 6 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 62 |
| Yards drained,paved or cleansed | 100 | 59 | 108 | 111 | 174 | 139 | 46 | 120 | 166 | 1023 |
| Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed or repaired | ... | ... | 34 | 2 | 6 | 15 | ... | 11 | 11 | 79 |
| Leaky roofs and gutters repaired | 98 | 96 | 170 | 103 | 136 | 130 | 19 | 119 | 121 | 992 |
| Houses re-supplied with water | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 51 | |
| Water cisterns cleansed, covered or repaired | 108 | 93 | 71 | 66 | 136 | 79 | 8 | 128 | 134 | 823 |
| Animals kept so as to be a nuisance | 11 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 97 | 51 | 209 |
| Smoke nuisances reported | 2 | ... | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 77 | 5 | 133 |
| Soil pipes repaired | 11 | 17 | 36 | 50 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 175 |
| Unclassified nuisances | 137 | 123 | 92 | 85 | 68 | 173 | 25 | 47 | 22 | 772 |