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Wandsworth 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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Table: TABLE LXII.Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1907.

TABLE LXII.

Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1907.

Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
North Ward.South Ward.Streatham Ward.Balham Ward.South field Ward.Fair-field Ward.Spril'gfieldWard.
Number of complaints received and attended to41317047417196137159842131836
Number of houses and premises inspected29821856230228583182272723512157381524230
Number of house-to-house inspections105043364828l7422578417627045718
Number of preliminary notices served9146596575101304803433109412397613
Ditto complied with8435996504821256766376107412037249
Number of statutory notices served123124686259112471042451106
Ditto complied with123118580257106441042311068
Number of houses and premises re-inspected7931189144711382908213011422102201215861
Number of rooms disinfected after infectious diseases2852522773973936502782134613206
Bedding stoved1711531502182963941741452471948
Overcrowding abated32531685222387
Rooms cleansed and repaired643391346334130549418968110735456
Staircases cleansed or repaired886379742271452499146945
Drains cleansed and repaired811249619021414662931241130
Traps fixed to drains22388784324382235
Bath, lavatory and sink wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies or repaired...1624325421...2543215
Rain water pipes disconnected from drains1...133164231'3101
Water closets cleansed and repaired2841441561422961441382952101809
Water closets, separate supply of water laid on to.........3845...5...52
Urinals cleansed, repaired or water laid on to72943114334
Accumulations of manure, &c removed3017353882329518266
Cesspools abolished...11...............24
Ashpits provided or repaired167817417018597106841351099
Dust complaints received2419551174425443038396
Stables and stable yards drained, paved or cleansed31081052253984
Yards drained, paved or cleansed168127661062289573134871084
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed or repaired1492614...16456
Leaky roofs and gutters repaired14380977697971613571812
Houses re-supplied with water6...8339144141199
Water cisterns cleansed, covered or repaired10111218251385638151104743
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance541113201093932143
Smoke nuisances reported12511169151060
Soil pipes repaired9622524754318184
Unclassified nuisances103148906961109679219758