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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 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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| Defective apparatus to water closets repaired | 67 |
| Water supply added to houses | 7 |
| Pig nuisances removed | 4 |
| Covers to cisterns provided | 27 |
| Obstructions on roads and foothpaths removed | 10 |
| Dilapidated closets repaired | 9 |
| Dilapidated houses repaired | 8 |
| Summons | 5 |
| Order of the Board obtained | 12 |
In conclusion, the health-condition of the Sub-district
has been shewn in the preceding pages to be such as to
reflect credit upon the sanitary authority.
W. H. KEMPSTER,
Medical Officer of Health for Eastern Battersea.