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Wandsworth 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Abstract of Sanitary work carried out in Western Battersea
during the year ending December 31st, 1884.
Number of houses inspected 7215
,, first notices served 1016
,, second notices served 45
,, houses disinfected and where necessary cleansed
after Small-Pox 31
,, houses disinfected and where necessary cleansed
after various kinds of Fever 67
Drains unstopped and cleansed 213
,, trapped and repaired 288
Combined drainage 5
Dilapidated closets repaired 18
Foul and offensive closets cleansed 26
Defective apparatus to water closets repaired and water laid on 142
Covers to cisterns provided 146
Dirty cisterns cleansed and repaired 33
"Water supply added to houses 16
Dilapidated and Dirty houses cleansed and repaired 157
Overcrowding abated 4
Urinals cleansed 4
Orders of the Board obtained 23
Summonses 8
Cesspools abolished 1
Dust-bins provided 210
Accumulation of manure removed 3
Pig nuisances removed 13
Leaky and dilapidated roofs repaired 60
Articles destroyed as unfit for human food—Fruit, 9 pecks; Crabs,
150 ; Rabbits, 20 ; Pork, 358 lbs., Beef, 80 lbs.
JOSEPH OAKMAN,
Medical Ojficer of Ifealth for West Battersea.