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Wandsworth 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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174 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE LXXX1X.
Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1914.
| Clapham. | Putney. | Strf.atham | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Ward. | South Ward. | Strea-tham Ward. | Bal-ham Ward. | South field Ward. | Fairfield Ward. | Spri'gfield Ward. | ||||
| Number of complaints received and attended to | 316 | 342 | 102 | 446 | 271 | 226 | 272 | 283 | 290 | 2548 |
| Number of houses and premises inspected | 4761 | 3106 | 4913 | 4748 | 5137 | 4588 | 4468 | 2992 | 5291 | 40004 |
| Number of houses and premises re-inspected | 1021 | 1648 | 1118 | 2547 | 2890 | 1281 | 968 | 1840 | 2098 | 15411 |
| Number of house to house inspections | 495 | 135 | 323 | 386 | 520 | 38 | 167 | 113 | 219 | 2396 |
| Number of preliminary notices served | 750 | 583 | 380 | 839 | 1085 | 438 | 399 | 670 | 753 | 5897 |
| Ditto complied with | 633 | 536 | 401 | 799 | 1008 | 328 | 350 | 756 | 731 | 5542 |
| Number of statutory notices served | 23 | 18 | 5 | 53 | 144 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 100 | 406 |
| Ditto complied with | 20 | 15 | 3 | 47 | 132 | 14 | 23 | 25 | 117 | 396 |
| Notices served for periodical removal of manure | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Number of rooms disinfected after infective diseases | 239 | 365 | 456 | 456 | 704 | 541 | 439 | 284 | 546 | 4030 |
| Bedding stoved | 139 | 191 | 192 | 265 | 299 | 332 | 314 | 192 | 344 | 2268 |
| Overcrowding abated | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 81 |
| Rooms cleansed and repaired | 404 | 275 | 271 | 642 | 1123 | 616 | 255 | 667 | 643 | 4896 |
| Staircases cleansed and repaired | 113 | 171 | 51 | 117 | 188 | 101 | 28 | 105 | 137 | 911 |
| Drains cleansed and repaired | 177 | 134 | 86 | 222 | 168 | 128 | 73 | 73 | 64 | 1025 |
| Drains tested | 599 | 285 | 266 | 600 | 582 | 199 | 275 | 263 | 470 | 3539 |
| Drains found defective | 28 | 16 | 36 | 92 | 116 | 81 | 21 | 39 | 44 | 473 |
| Traps fixed to drains | 101 | 107 | 10 | 45 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 350 |
| Bath, lavatory and sink wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies or repaired | 36 | 38 | 1 | 83 | 32 | 46 | 5 | 114 | 31 | 386 |
| Rain water pipes disconnected from drains | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 80 | 98 | ||||
| Water closets cleansed and repaired | 195 | 182 | 84 | 148 | 275 | 138 | 101 | 147 | 241 | 1511 |
| Water closets, separate supply of water laid on to | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Accumulations of manure, etc., removed | 12 | 28 | 50 | 49 | 37 | 67 | 10 | 9 | 67 | 329 |
| Urinals cleansed, repaired or water laid on to | 7 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 45 |
| Cesspools abolished | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ashpits provided or repaired | 90 | 100 | 30 | 96 | 138 | 97 | 96 | 87 | 126 | 1860 |
| Dust complaints received | 19 | 26 | 47 | 71 | 24 | 9 | 43 | 9 | 41 | 289 |
| Stables and stables yards drained, paved or cleansed | 1 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 116 |
| Yards drained, paved or cleansed | 84 | 94 | 34 | 132 | 140 | 108 | 42 | 107 | 128 | 869 |
| Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed or repaired | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 22 | ||||
| Leaky roofs and gutters repaired | 147 | 98 | 50 | 131 | 61 | 43 | 26 | 51 | 88 | 725 |
| Damp courses inserted | 8 | 16 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 43 | 41 | 199 |
| Damp conditions remedied | 47 | 27 | 22 | 193 | 93 | 65 | 12 | 62 | 85 | 606 |
| Houses re-supplied with water | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 41 |
| Water cisterns cleansed, covered or repaired | 44 | 56 | 17 | 86 | 52 | 42 | 7 | 22 | 86 | 412 |
| Animals kept so as to be a nuisance | 1 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 105 |
| Smoke nuisances reported | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 39 | 79 |
| Soil pipes repaired | 6 | 21 | 8 | 49 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 143 |
| Unclassified nuisances | 236 | 49 | 56 | 195 | 52 | 59 | 62 | 133 | 7 | 849 |