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Wandsworth 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Sanitary Inspection of the Borough.
75
Underground Rooms.
There are 10 underground rooms known to be in illegal
occupation at the present time and notices have been served,
but owing to the difficulty of the occupiers in finding other
accommodation no further action can be taken at the present
time.
Housing Act, 1925.
All house-to-house inspections under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, are carried out as if these were inspections
under Part IV. of the Housing Consolidated Regulations,
1925, and the results recorded on a special card which was
drawn up in 1910 and has been in use since that date. Where
nuisances are found, notices are served under the Public Health
Act.
The results of these inspections are shown in Table
XXXVIII. 1,515 inspections were made compared with 989
in 1928, and nuisances necessitating the service of sanitary
notices were found in 1,210 of the houses.

Table: TABLE XXXVI.

TABLE XXXVI.

Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
1. Premises cleansed and repaired51831946645341812953469
2. Drains tested251177248120435281367
3. Drains cleansed or repaired1274110716089188712
4. Water closets cleansed or repaired3011052382171334491443
5. Soil pipes repaired406138331101
6. Waste pipes altered or repaired5744352827157348
7. Rainwater pipes repaired4638511320132300
8. Roofs and gutters repaired199119122821444391105
9. Damp courses inserted13242422469
10. Damp conditions otherwise remedied7710512312549230709
11. Yards drained or paved40501064739160442
12. Dust bins provided or repaired1785013112584301869
13. Water cisterns cleansed, covered or repaired181018381160155
14. Water supply reinstated36717382030148
15. Defective fireplaces remedied4341614860145398
16. Defective coppers
remedied161427232166167
17. Cases of overcrowding abated31653826
18. Stables and stable yards drained or paved--11-911
19. Accumulations of manure, etc., removed171028381544152
20. Urinals cleansed or repaired12131311
21. Animals improperly kept22323719
22. Smoke nuisances2-3--2833
23. Other nuisances111140419965376832
Total20961283185016971250471012,886
No. of preliminary notices served85732578787177218245436
No. of preliminary notices complied with without the service of statutory notices73024266667770115914607
No. of statutory notices served14018158114100281811
No. of statutory notices complied with1141811783102249683