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92 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1929.
13 in Tooting and 59 in Wandsworth. 958 inspections were
made during the year, and one notice, for cleansing, was served
and complied with.
Ambulance Service.
The Metropolitan Asylums Board provide a free ambulance
service for the removal of cases of infectious diseases, and for
other cases on payment. The London County Council provide
a free accident service, and has now arranged with the London
Ambulance Service, the St. John Ambulance Association, and
the British Red Cross Society for the conveyance of parturient
women to maternity hospitals at any hour of the day or night.
Removal and Collection of House Refuse.
The method of removal and collection of refuse in the
Borough is a combined system of mechanical and horse traction,
carried out by contract. The collecting wagons are hauled
from house to house by horses, and when full are drawn up
mechanically on to a motor carrier which takes the refuse to
the place of disposal. An empty wagon is left to replace the
full one.
The use of the Council's dust destructor at Alston Road,
Tooting, was discontinued during the year, and all house refuse
in now taken down the R. Thames by barge from two riverside
wharves in the Borough, and disposed of below Barking.