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Wandsworth 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Vaccination.—The successful operations performed at the
public station during 1883 were—
Primary Vaccinations 1,288
Ke-vaccinations 73
Total 1,361
Abstract of Sanitary Work carried out in Eastern
Battersea,
During the year ending December 31 st, 1883.
No. of houses inspected 7571
„ 1st Notices served 896
„ 2nd Notices served 112
,, houses disinfected and where necessary cleansed after
small pox 4
„ houses disinfected and where necessary cleansed after
various kinds of Fever 66
Drains unstopped and cleansed 152
,, trapped and repaired 399
No. of houses where separate drainage has been enforced 11
Dilapidated closets repaired 57
Fold and offensive closets cleansed 145
Now cisterns provided or cisterns repaired 73
Covers to cisterns provided 172
Dirty cisterns cleansed 603
Water supply added to houses 13
Dirty and dilapidated houses cleansed and repaired 77
Overcrowding abated 7
Orders of the Board obtained 22
Summonses 3
Dust-bins provided 276
Accumulations of manure removed 16
Pig nuisance removed 3
(Articles destroyed—1 peck of strawberries, 1J peck of white cherries,
1 peck of red cherries, 16-lbs. of black currants, A bushel of gooseberries,
small quantity of plums, and 2 tins of preserved lobster).