Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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TABLE VI.
Summary of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1873.
Clapham. | Battersea. | Wandsworth. | Putney and Roehampton. | Streatham, including Tooting and Balham. | Totals. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Houses and Premises inspected | 1200 | * 2,000 | 250 | 165 | 230 | * 3,845 | |
1st Notices served | 41 | 180 | 36 | 17 | 18 | 292 | |
2nd Notices served | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | ... | 19 | |
Cesspools emptied and cleansed | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 9 | ... | |
Cesspools abolished | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | 8 | |
Waterclosets constructed | ... | 60 | ... | 43 | 158 | 261 | |
Houses supplied with water | 7 | 50 | 2 | 46 | 102 | 207 | |
Drains constructed or connected with Sewer | 72 | 81 | 33 | 39 | 59 | 284 | |
No. of feet of New Sewers and Branch Drains | 3,972 | 1,703 | 746 | 723 | 6,219 | 13,363 | |
Drains repaired or trapped, or obstructions removed | 30 | 100 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 190 | |
Open Ditches, Ponds, &c., cleansed | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1,500 ft. | ... | |
Dust-bins provided | ... | 50 | ... | 43 | 102 | 195 | |
Pig Nuisances removed | 2 | 95 | 21 | 2 | ... | 120 | |
Accumulations of Offal, Manure, &c., removed | 1 | 64 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 92 | |
Unwholesome and dilapidated Houses cleansed or repaired | ... | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 34 | |
Cases investigated by Magistrates | ... | 95 | ... | 1 | ... | 96 | |
Compulsory Orders obtained | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | |
Compulsory works executed | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | |
Works remaining in abeyance from various causes | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
* Some of the figures in the column of this table relating to Battersea must
be viewed as approximations only, since administrative changes in that Sub-district
during the year, and the loss of a return or two in the transfer of the books, has
rendered it difficult to obtain a perfectly accurate statement.