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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Summary of Sanitary Inspections, Notices served, and Improvements effected in the several sub-districts during the quarter that ended December 1857.
| Claphain. | Buitersea | Wandsworth. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Balham. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of houses and premises inspected | 78 | 30 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 259 |
| 1st Notiees served | 15 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 50 |
| 2nd Notices served | - | - | 9 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 14 |
| Cesspools emptied or cleansed | 8 | 12 | 21 | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | 49 |
| Cesspools abolished | 25 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 85 |
| Water-closets constructed | 33 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 84 |
| Water-closets supplied with water | 38 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 89 |
| Drains constructed, or coninected with sewer | 40 | 50 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 131 |
| Drains repaired, or trapped, or ob-structions removed | 33 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | - | 48 |
| Open ditches, ponds, &c., cleansed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| Dust-bins provided | 13 | 10 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 28 |
| Pig nuisances removed | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 26 |
| Accumulations of oflal, manure, &c., removed | 30 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 36 |
| Unwholesome & dilapidated dwell-ings cleansed or repaired | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Cases investigated by Magistrate | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Compulsory orders obtained | 1 | 4 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 10 |
| Compulsory works executed | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 7 |
| Works remaining in abeyancc from various causes | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 7 | 2 | 14 |
Apart from the Sanitary work set forth in this table, (amounting
it will be found, to upwards of 900 accomplished improvements of
greater or less importance) many minor nuisances have been removed or
abated throughout the District. In almost every instance where water
has been laid on for closet purposes, a supply for culinary uses has
been secured.
A little more care, however, seems desirable in some parts of the
District in the arrangements with regard to the supply of water to the