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Wimbledon 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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TABLE 1.
The following is a Summary of the Nuisances complained of and inspected during the year, and carried out under the supervision of Mr. Mayne, The Sanitary inspector.
| Animals Removed No. of Premises | 28 |
| Ashpits Provided | 60 |
| Ashpits Repaired | 4 |
| Accumulations Removed | 94 |
| Bakehouses Cleansed | 4 |
| Cisterns Provided | 11 |
| Cisterns Cleansed Throughout district genrally | |
| Cisterns Repaired | 34 |
| Corpses Removed | 5 |
| Drains, New, Provided | 211 |
| Drains, Repaired and Altered | 30 |
| Flushing Boxes, New, Provided | 138 |
| Flushing Boxes, Repaired | 47 |
| Guttering and Spouting Provided | 19 |
| Guttering and Spouting Repaired | 70 |
| Houses Disinfected | 144 |
| Houses Cleaned and Whitewashed | 46 |
| Houses, Sites Concreted | 13 |
| Manure Pits Provided | 1 |
| Overcrowding Nuisances abated | 5 |
| R. W. Pipes Provided, Disconnected, and Repaired | 146 |
| Roofs, Leaky, Repaired | 68 |
| Soil Pipes Ventilated and Altered | 29 |
| Ventilating Pipes, New, Provided | 166 |
| Ventilating Pipes, Repaired | 7 |
| Waste Pipes, Disconnected, Trapped and Repaired | 112 |
| Water Closets, Container Pattern, Removed | 21 |
| Water Closets, Repaired and Ventilated | 8 |
| Water Closets, New, Provided | 229 |
| Yards Cleansed | 10 |
| Yards Paved | 51 |
| 1,817 |