Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1916 page 49

Wandsworth 1916

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1916

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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Table: TABLE XX XV111.Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1916.

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TABLE XX XV111.

Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1916.

	Clapham.		Putney.	Streatham		Tooting.	Wandsworth.			Whole Borough.
	North Ward.	South Ward.	Putney.	Streatham Ward.	Bal-ham Ward.	Tooting.	South field Ward.	Fairfield Ward.	Spri's field Ward.	Whole Borough.
Number of complaints received and attended to	372	313	153	341	323	384	239	212	307	2644
Number of houses and premises inspected	4684	3082	5457	4249	5280	5024	4193	2735	4771	39475
Number of houses and premises re-inspected	852	1383	790	1468	2309	1971	737	1013	1687	12210
Number of house - to - house inspections	261	39	63	64	316	83	78	74	62	1040
Number of preliminary notices served	444	327	189	313	740	407	257	383	431	3491
Ditto complied with	477	32b	202	345	618	428	255	322	412	3385
Number of statutory notices served	8	11	1	13	221	57	8	22	63	404
Ditto complied with	6	9	1	11	125	52	8	30	55	297
Notices served for periodical removal of manure	...	...	...	2	...	...	...	...	4	6
Number of rooms disinfected after infective diseases	350	379	223	487	770	826	443	408	597	4483
Bedding stoved	160	172	295	309	189	598	195	212	416	2546
Overcrowding abated	4	...	1	2	7	6	3	13	9	45
Rooms cleansed and repaired	125	158	149	265	830	345	168	434	430	2904
Staircases cleansed and repaired	60	24	18	44	196	69	21	48	53	533
Drains cleansed and repaired	59	79	51	149	119	84	57	42	79	719
Drains tested	332	64	136	143	458	370	107	165	381	2156
Drains found defective	6	12	56	36	46	83	10	10	47	306
Traps fixed to drains	39	65	2	53	19	...	2	6	5	191
Bath, lavatory and sink wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies or repaired	...	20	15	35	104	48	4	23	48	297
Rain water pipes disconnected from drains	...	1	...	15	1	...	3	...	...	20
Water closets cleansed and repaired Water closets, separate supply	91	89	90	150	199	105	80	109	124	1037
of water laid on to	...		...	6	...	....	...	...	...	6
Accumulations of manure, etc.. removed	24	25	40	78	39	34	14	5	14	273
Urinals cleansed, repaired or water laid on to	3	1	3	20	10	3	2	5	2	49
Cesspools abolished	...	38	...		...	...	...	...		49
Ashpits provided or repaired	52	38	11	52	122	67	45	52	89	528
Dust complaints received	106	27	72	86	67	35	55	24	45	517
Stables and stables yards drained, paved or cleansed	...	10	2	30	20	26	3	2	8	101
Yards drained, paved or cleansed	14	24	14	39	78	60	35	44	56	364
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed or repaired		...		16	...	21	1	4	2	44
Leaky roofs and gutters repaired	138	118	53	106	144	132	34	97	72	894
Damp courses inserted	3	6	53	14	72	...	3	22	16	136
Damp conditions remedied	42	34	15	93	69	107	28	48	55	491
Houses re-supplied with water	3	4	12	17	8	5	6	5	10	70
Water cisterns cleansed, covered or repaired	16	38	13	42	57	24	8	36	62	296
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance	3	7	.1	13	13	10	4		9	61
Smoke nuisances reported	1	...	...	1	1	2	1		1	7
Soil pipes repaired	3	16	10	33	21	5	9	12	11	120
Unclassified nuisances	195	56	24	51	34	27	49	39	29	504

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Table: TABLE XX XV111.Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1916.