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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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new houses have been supplied with water and waterclosets
; drains have been trapped, and pig and other
nuisances removed. The figures in respect of these and
other particulars will be found in the table, to which I
beg to refer the reader.
The slaughter-houses and cow sheds underwent the
usual annual inspection. They were, with one exception,
found in a satisfactory condition; the one objected to was
defective in the water supply, and had no proper drainage,
in consequence of which the renewal of the owner's
licence was opposed at the Sessions, and refused by the
magistrates in attendance.
E. F. SUTTON, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health for S/reatham and Tooting.