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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
1,292 ashpits were provided or repaired, compared with 1,233
in 1908 and 1,099 in 1907, and 421 complaints with reference to
the non-removal of house refuse (61 from Clapham, 46 from
Putney, 185 from Streatham, 26 from Tooting, and 103 from
Wandsworth) were received during' the year. These complaints
were, as in previous years, attending to by the Dusting Inspectors.
1,574 yards in connection with dwelling-houses, and 95 in
connection with stables, were paved, drained, or cleansed, compared
with 1,025 and 135 in 1908.
7,301 rooms and 1,519 staircases and passages were cleansed
or repaired, compared with 5,856 rooms and 1,327 staircases and
passages in 1908.
The greatest number of rooms cleansed was in the Balham
W ard, where 1,411 were done, and in Streatham Ward, where
1,089 were done, and the smallest number in Putney and Southfield,
where the numbers were 368 and 271 respectively.
1,041 drains were cleansed or repaired, and 53 rain-water pipes
disconnected from the drains.
144 notices of reconstruction of drains were sent to the
Borough Engineer from this Department : 34 in Clapham, compared
with 18 in 1908; five in Putney, compared with nine; 51 in
Streatham, compared with 41; 14 in Tooting, compared with 12;
and 40 in Wandsworth, compared with 44.
The total number of houses where the drains were reconstructed
during the year was 307: 74 in Clapham, 22 in Putney,
121 in Streatham, 19 in Tooting, and 71 in Wandsworth.
347 accumulations of manure were removed after service of
notice, compared with 361 in 1908: 75 in Clapham, 33 in Putney,
117 in Streatham, 35 in Tooting, and 87 in Wandsworth. There
has been an increase in the number of cases dealt with in Clapham
and Wandsworth, and a decrease in Putney, Streatham, and
Tooting.
50 notices were served for the periodical removal of manure
every 48 hours, compared with 55 in 1908, 33 in 1907, 16 in 1906,
find 20 in 1905.