Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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the case of Durnsford Road and wood paving in Worple and
Merton Roads.
Beverley Brook:—This brook has been deepened 2-ft.
6-ins. at Coombe Bridge, tailing out to the Wandsworth
boundary. The work has reduced the level of the sub-soil
water in the Merton and Wimbledon districts.
Acuba Road Ditch:—A section of this ditch has now been
culverted.
Refuse Collection:—2 covered motor vehicles for removal
of house refuse have been found economical and hygienic and
others have , been ordered.
Housing:—The Council are erecting 60 houses in Durnsford
Road, consisting of living room, 13-ft. 5-ins. × 12-ft.;
kitchenette, 9-ft. 10-ins. × 9-ft. 5-ins. with larder, bathroom
and W.C. on ground floor. There are three bedrooms on the
first floor, size, 13-ft. 7-ins. × 9-ft. 9-ins.; 11-ft. 9-ins. × 8-ft.
4-ins.; and 8-ft. × 8-ft. 9-ins.
The average frontage of ground to each house is 19-ft.,
and depth, 150-ft.
Sanitary Inspection of District:—The following is a statement showing the number and nature of inspections made, the number of informal and statutory notices served, with the result of such notices, for the year 1926, as reported by the Sanitary Inspector.
Reason of Visit. | No. |
---|---|
Infectious Disease | 501 |
House Inspections | 2,999 |
House to House Inspections | 1,681 |
Rent Act Inspections | 35 |
Houses Let in Lodgings; Inspections | 613 |
Inspection of Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Out-workers' Premises | 74 |
Common Lodging Houses; Inspections | 3 |
Dairies and Cowsheds; Inspections | 31 |
Inspection under Shop Acts | 2,223 |
Application of Test to Drains | 219 |
Inspections under Diseases of Animals Acts | 136 |
Obtaining Samples of Foods and Drugs | 14 |
Miscellaneous (including Inspections of Food, slaughter-houses, mews, stables, caravans, Petroleum Acts, water supply, piggeries, mosquitoes, etc.) | 1,316 |
9,845 |