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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 1887

[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 XIV.Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1887.

TABLE XIV.

Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1887.

East Battersea.West Battersea.Clapham.Putney.Streatham and Tooting.Wandsworth.Total.
Number of Houses & Premises inspected98648679353138413841444931205
1st Notices served9268579406424457404550
2nd Notices served2032361211081760625
Number of houses disinfected after infectious diseases290322781453192949
Number of houses in which infectious disease recurred after disinfection..............
Number of houses from which bedding, &c., was burnt2319..3128
Disinfecting apparatus at Putney, number of times used......12....12
Overcrowding abated175342132
Rooms cleansed and repaired657821268253496
Staircases & passages cleansed and repaired162045..1713111
New drains and drains relaid25517016184
Number of feet of new sewers and branch drains625637917476
Drains cleansed and repaired33245422982158961351
Syphon traps fixed to drains2442054745272..1200
Sinks altered to discharge outside over gullies222451617773515
Bath and lavatory wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies..139..23..63
Rain water paper disconnected from drains252163597..211
Water-closets cleansed and repaired62434102769986976
Water-closets, supply of water laid on to52239721..862591285
Urinals cleansed, repaired or water laid on722557..73
Accumulation of manure, &c., removed27235814876215
Cesspools abolished411031147
Dust-bins provided1811291135826117604
Stables drained or paved and cleansed13181017251
Yards drained and paved262562233311180
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed & repaired32832076707738
Leaky house-roofs and gutters-repaired65627961155278
Houses supplied with water252220234623157
Water-cisterns covered and repaired409249397651131801413
Cistern overflow pipes disconnected from drains....37..57..94
Wells closed..1....3..4
Pig nuisances removed36..313429
Unclassified nuisances911261487322424
Cases investigated by Magistrates5522..216
Compulsory Orders obtained....2....24
Compulsory works executed..........