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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 1911

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of HeaUh.

Table: Insanitary houses—Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act,

Insanitary houses—

Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act,

1891—
Number closed under the Housing, Town Planning,
etc., Act—
Number of premises cleansed under Sec. 20 of the L.C.C. General Powers Act, 1904240
Shelters provided under Sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 189 r —
Number of persons accommodatcd during the year—
Revenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were received during year127
Number of tenements comprised therein269
Number of tenements for which certificates were:
(a)granted239
(b) refused24
(c) deferred6
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891-
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice salt, filth, etc.—
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of any manufactory, etc.
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be injurious to health—
(d) As to paving of yards, etc., of dwelling houses3
(e) In connection with the removal of offensive matter, etc—
(f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, etc.—
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, etc.—