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enforcement. In addition to the proceedings so tabulated,
all the Cow-houses and Slaughter-houses in the Sub-district
were examined and reported on; and the conditions of
the latter were such as to need no opposition to a renewal
of their owners' licenses. Some sanitary defects formed
the subjects of special reports, and several nuisances,
which it is not necessary to particularise. The most important
of the former related to the condition of the
Waterside-houses. These were examined and reported
on, it having been contemplated, in consequence of their
dilapidated state, to deal with them under the provisions
of the "Artisans' Dwellings Act." Eventually, however,
such intention was not proceeded with. I have, as before,
furnished your Surveyor with a tabulated list of the
localities in which deaths from Epidemic diseases have
occurred during the year, for guidance in the removal of
any sanitary defects which may have been associated with
the occurrence of those diseases.
Tn conclusion, the inhabitants may be fairly congratulated
on the health and sanitary condition of this Subdistrict
during the past year.
GEORGE EDWARD NICHOLAS, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth.
June, 1877.