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Wandsworth 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Sanitaty Inspection of the Borough. 77
Underground Rooms.
There are 12 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. 1,589 inspections were made compared with 2,731
in 1931, 2,957 in 1930, 1,515 in 1929, and 989 in 1928, and
nuisances necessitating the service of sanitary notices were found
in 1,224 of the houses.
TABLE XXXIX. HOME WORK.
| Nature of Work. | Outworkers' Lists. | Outwork in unwholesome premises | Outwork in infected premises. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | ||||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | Instances. | Notices served. | Instances. | |||
| Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||||
| Wearing Apparel:— | |||||||
| (1.) Making, etc. | 33 | 22 | 109 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| (2.) Cleaning and washing | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Paper bags and boxes | 2 | — | 6 | — | — | — | |
| Totals | 37 | 26 | 116 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 40 |
Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Act, 1923.
39 applications for Certificates were received during the
year. On inspection it was found that all the premises except
five were not reasonably fit for human habitation.
Two of them were put in a reasonable state of repair before
the meeting of the Committee at which the Certificate would
have been granted, one application was withdrawn, and in four
instances the work was carried out after the service of a sanitary
notice.
Of the 27 premises in respect of which Certificates were
granted, 25 were rendered reasonably fit during the year.