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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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Table: TABLE VI. Summary of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1879.

TABLE VI. Summary of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1879.

Clapham.Battersea.Wandsworth.Putney and Roehampton.Streatham, including Tooting and Balham.Totals.
Number of Houses and Premises inspected20004,0653778195277,788
1st Notices served38053682103471,148
2nd Notices served12559..143201
Cesspools emptied and cleansed........11
Cesspools abolished131212652
Waterclosets constructed or repaired..195612567785
Houses supplied with water218631342
Drains constructed or connected with Sewer551,062160672041,548
No. of feet of New Sewers and Branch Drains147645,77412,1791,59917,86178,907
Drains repaired or trapped, or obstructions removed80179322397411
Open Ditches, Ponds, &c., cleansed....4..1,500 ft.4 & 1500 ft.
Dust-bins provided1701354136328
Pig Nuisances removed440611465
Accumulations of Offal, Manure, &c., removed21266171484
Unwholesome and dilapidated Houses cleansed or repaired720626772318
Cases investigated by Magistrates25424..62
Compulstry Orders obtained25324..61
Compulsory works executed25324..61
Works remaining in abeyance from various causes............