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Wandsworth 1911

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

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Table: Report of the Medical Officer of Health.TABLE LXXXII.Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during: the Year 1911.

Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

TABLE LXXXII.

Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during: the Year 1911.

Number of houses and premises inspected34822500246943173671492434962285482931973
Number of house-to-house inspections326203391206550952542512102486
Number of preliminary notices served8875954937807855504777189936278
Ditto complied with940566516790104152240755810196359
Number of statutory notices served102887571863615580246957
Ditto complied with11574555184282650222759
Notices served for periodical removal of manure...3...13...2...312
Number of houses and premises re-inspected22011356143330902828189715651607254118518
Number of rooms disinfected after infectious diseases3783952377125495334714387064419
Bedding stoved179137962321872161531702331603
Overcrowding abated328712694491
Rooms cleansed and repaired66334436248012063592306557275026
Staircases cleansed and repaired153795887272722491100936
Drains cleansed and repaired14712767191208189791191451272
Traps fixed to drains108130225346315291407
Bath, lavatory and sink wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies or repaired...217495851174048291
Rain water pipes disconnected from drains.........46144142163
Water closets cleansed and repaired2751821061763702021301842841909
Water closets, separate supply of water laid on to.........12222...9
Accumulations of manure, &c., removed361669806542221539384
Urinals cleansed, repaired or water laid on to71984...43844
Cesspools abolished1.....................1
Ashpits provided or repaired76675012514078579514383l
Dust complaints received3228416O4015452543329
Stable and stable yards drained, paved or cleansed62131916197527123
Yards drained, paved or cleansed1747647130129157721152051105
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed or repaired1......115841030
Leaky roofs and gutters repaired17511151104967829114111869
Damp courses inserted75111433601214296443
Damp conditions remedied1433053201551001948136785
Houses re-supplied with water3613417131012583
Water cisterns cleansed, covered or repaired5137895151661458108525
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance...4314138111836107
Smoke nuisances reported......41...5134734
Soil pipes repaired17231635204751912194
Unclassified nuisances173122491902647657617765