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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 1882

[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 1882.

TABLE VI. Summary of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1882.

Battersea.Clapham.Putney and Roehampton.Streatham, including Tooting and Balham.Wands worth.Totals.
Number of Houses & Premises inspected3,9691,5001,7572,09691910,241
1st Notices served549206221571121,145
2nd Notices served6163713135
Number of Houses disinfected after contagious diseases143784034165460
Number of Houses in which contagious disease occurred after disinfection...7......18
Number of Houses from which bedding, &c., was burnt712.........19
Overcrowding abated52.........7
Disinfecting apparatus at Putney number of times used......40......40
Cesspools emptied and cleansed..................
Cesspools abolished1133...118
Waterclosets constructed or repaired2902921217368
Houses supplied with water123317136
Drains constructed or connected with Sewer3231230444146955
No. of feet of New Sewers and Branch Drains16,4776,0611,88729,9035,21159,539
Drains repaired or trapped, or obstructions removed290111322356512
Open Ditches, Ponds, &c., cleansed...2......46
Dustbins provided14013592710249
Pig Nuisances removed462...41567
Accumulations of Offal, Manure, &c., removed39635457
Unwholesome and dilapidated Houses cleansed or repaired17935345226
Cases investigated by Magistrates28132......43
Compulsory Orders obtained2822......32
Compulsory works executed28...2......30
Works remaining in abeyance from various causes..................