[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 97

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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TABLE VI.

Summary of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1883.

	Battersea.	C'lapham	Putney and Roehampton.	Streatham, including Tooting & Balham.	Wandsworth.	Totals.
Number of Houses & Premises inspected	15,768	5,896	1,606	6,364	2,839	32,473
1st Notices served	1,930	787	175	136	314	3,342
2nd Notices served	240	121	23	2	2	388
Number of Houses disinfected after contagious diseases	166	39	24	29	84	342
Number of Houses in which contagious disease occurred after disinfection	1	1	..	..	2	4
Number of Houses from which bedding, &c., was burnt	2	10	..	3	2	17
Overcrowding abated	13	1	..	..	2	18
Disinfecting apparatus at Putney number of times used.	..	..	24	..	..	24
Cesspools emptied and cleansed	..	2	..	..	..	2
Cesspools abolished	5	..	1	6	..	12
Waterclosets constructed or repaired	473	197	34	14	23	741
Houses supplied with water	48	6	4	1	6	65
Drains constructed or connected with Sewer	391	130	29	296	122	968
No. of feet of New Sewers and Branch Drains	13,958	6,726	1,248	17,846	7,505	47,283
Drains repaired or trapped, or obstructions removed	1,128	336	27	63	21	1,575
Open Ditches, Ponds, &c., cleansed	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dust-bins provided	606	165	64	55	58	948
Pig Nuisances removed	47	14	..	11	57	129
Accumulation of Offal, Manure, &c., removed	32	20	7	23	14	96
Unwholesome and dilapidated Houses cleansed or repaired	204	9	9	29	7	258
Cases investigated by Magistrates	11	2	7	..	13	33
Compulsory Orders obtained	11	1	7	..	10	29
Compulsory works executed	11	1	7	..	10	29
Works remaining in abeyance from various causes	••	••	••	••	• •	••