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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

Wimbledon 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: TABLE 1.The following is a Summary of the work carried out in the abatement of Nuisances, under the supervision of Mr. Johnson, the Sanitary Inspector:—

TABLE 1.

The following is a Summary of the work carried out in the abatement of Nuisances, under the supervision of Mr. Johnson, the Sanitary Inspector:—

Animals Removed17
Dustbins Provided191
Ashpits Repaired30
Accumulations Removed168
Bakehouses Cleansed12
Bakehouses Repaired11
Cisterns Provided18
Cisterns Cleansed131
Cisterns Repaired137
Cesspools Abolished2
Drains, New Provided186
Drains, Repaired and Altered27
Flushing Boxes, New Provided238
Flushing Boxes Repaired54
Guttering and Spouting Provided7
Guttering and Spouting Repaired79
Houses Cleansed and Whitewashed102
Houses, Sites Concreted8
Houses, Water laid on14
Manure Pits Provided5
Overcrowding Nuisances Abated13
R. W. Pipes Provided, Disconnected, and Repaired221
Roofs Leaky, Repaired73
Rooms Disinfected212
Smoke Nuisances Abated5
Soil Pipes, New Provided83
Urinals, Water laid on, Cleansed, etc.0
Ventilating Pipes, New, Provided264
Ventilating Pipes Repaired11
Waste Pipes, Disconnected, Trapped and Repaired262
Water Closets, Container Pattern, Removed5
Water Closets, Repaired and Ventilated17
Water Closets, New Provided273
Yards Cleansed46
Yards Paved92
Total3014