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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 1881

[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 1881.

TABLE VI.

Summary of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1881.

Battersea.Clapham.Putney and Roehampton.Streatham, including Tooting and Balham.Wandsworth.Totals.
Number of Houses & Premises inspected3,7651,2501,4981,8081,1999,520
1st Notices served3,7821116751142919
2nd Notices served6332538111
Number of Houses disinfected after contagious diseases31383444188569
Number of Houses in which contagious disease occurred after disinfection42433154
Number of Houses from which bedding, &c., was burnt146111335
Overcrowding abated10.........212
Disinfecting apparatus at Putney number of timt»s used......46......46
Cesspools emptied and cleansed18............18
Cesspools abolished4132111
Waterclosets constructed or repaired1725313362216
Houses supplied with water2441420264
Drains constructed or connected with Sewer1,0389829749151,929
No. of feet of New Sewers and Branch Drains44,5127,6306,14940,9405,136104,367
Drains repaired or trapped, or obstructions removed25081442328426
Open Ditches, Ponds, &c., cleansed...1......45
Dust-bins provided10512431331204
Pig Nuisances removed236...31547
Accumulations of Offal, Manure, &c., removed271178962
Unwholesome and dilapidated Houses cleansed or repaired387874494531
Cases investigated by Magistrates1345......22
Compulsory Orders obtained1243......19
Compulsory works executed1243......19
Works remaining in abeyance from various causes............44