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During the year, the drains of all the houses in Harold Road, which had not been connected
already, were diverted to the sewer in that road, which discharges at present into the Sutton system of
sewers.
6. A systematic inspection, or house-to-house visitation, of certain parts of the district which are
most in need of it, including Pound Street, Wrythe Lane, and Harold Road, was frequently made by the
Inspector of Nuisances and ourselves, and defects of the closets, of the drainage, and of the dwellings, were
remedied as far as was practicable, but there are many defects there and elsewhere, which can only be
effectually dealt with by the provision of the proposed sewers.
7. The following is the Sanitary Inspector's return of the Nuisances dealt with, and other work
done, from the time of his appointment in October to the end of the year:—
Number of Complaints received in writing 5
Number of Premises inspected under Sec. 92 of the Public Health Act, 1875 152
Number of Nuisances discovered 85
Ditto remedied without being reported —
Ditto reported to the Sanitary Authority 85
Ditto remedied after report 85
Number of Notices served for the Abatement of Nuisances, under Section 94 27
Particulars of Work done by owners or occupiers, for the Abatement of Nuisances, in compliance
with notices:—
Number of privies, cesspools, ditches, pools, watercourses, urinals, ashpits, and drains, cleansed,
and number of deposits removed 60
Number of old privies re-constructed as water closets —
Number of old privies re-constructed, with small water-tight vaults or with pails —
Number of Premises at which the drains were re-constructed, ventilated, trapped, or disconnected
from the house pipes or rain-water pipes 27
Number of Premises at which new drains or cesspools were provided under Sec. 23 or Sec. 94 27
Number of Premises from which animals, improperly kept, were removed —
Number of Houses which were provided with efficient ventilation —
Number of Houses at which injurious overcrowding was abated —
Number of damp, unwholesome Houses which were repaired 5
Number of filthy Houses which were cleansed and whitewashed 6
Legal proceedings taken, under Sec. 96, for Abatement of Nuisances (number of times) —
Houses condemned by the Justices as unfit for human habitation, under Sec. 97 —
Number of Samples of Water sent to the Medical Officer of Health for Analysis —
Number of Wells permanently or temporarily closed, after notice, under Sec. 70 of the Public
Health Act, 1875, as unfit for drinking or domestic purposes —
Number of Houses to which water was supplied by owners of premises after notice, under Sec.
62 of that Act —
E. L. JACOB, M.O.H.
J. WILLIAMSON, Deputy M.O.H.
8, Altenburg Gardens,
New Wandsworth, S.W.
February, 1897.
(The usual Tables are appended to the Report.)