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Wandsworth 1930

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

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San„ary Inspection of the Borough. 75
Underground Rooms.
There are 27 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.
House-to-House Inspections.
The results of these inspections are shown in Table
XXXVII. 2,957 inspections were made compared w„h 1,515
in 1929, and 989 in 1928, and nuisances necess„ating the service
of san„ary notices were found in 2,423 of the houses.

Table: TABLE XXXVII.

TABLE XXXVII.

Wards.No. of houses inspected.No. of houses in which defects. were found.Number of Families Living in:—
One room.Two rooms.Three rooms.Four rooms and upwards
Clapham North225217348371154
Clapham South200154232784130
Putney1608971247106
Balham3352954965282177
Streatham2641462260129180
Tooting94985286137248674
Southfield7343—36724
Fairfield34230642121151216
Springfield4093218694112284
Whole Borough2,9572,42334960211911945

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Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Act, 1923.
57 applications for Certificates were received during the
year. On inspection „ was found that all the premises except
two were not reasonably f„ for human hab„ation.
One of them was put in a reasonable state of repair before
the meeting of the Comm„tee at which the Certificate would
have been granted.
Of the 54 premises in respect of which Certificates were
granted, one tenant removed, and 24 were rendered reasonably
f„ during the year.