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Wandsworth 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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TABLE XIII.
Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District
during the year 1890.
Clapham.
Putney.
Streatham.
Tooting.
Wandsworth.
Total.
Number of Houses and Premises
inspected
4564
4069
4721
480
4933
18767
1st Notices served
1359
442
481
66
867
3215
2nd Notices served
122
46
7
6
79
260
Number of houses disinfected
after infectious diseases
113
16
99
23
402
653
Number of houses in which
infectious disease recurred
after disinfection
..
..
..
..
2
2
Number of houses from which
bedding, &c., was burnt
3
..
7
..
..
10
Bedding stoved
30
8
..
..
• •
38
Overcrowding abated
22
2
1
4
29
Rooms cleansed and repaired
917
33
134
18
44
1146
Staircases & passages cleansed
and repaired
254
24
52
6
43
379
New drains and drains relaid
71
73
536
12
1010
1702
Number of feet of new sewers
and branch drains
1433
2520
7230
..
3417
14600
Drains cleansed and repaired
324
165
131
22
172
814
Syphon traps fixed to drains
749
35
87
..
..
871
Sinks altered to discharge outside
over gullies
102
43
102
28
46
321
Bath and lavatory wastes
altered to discharge outside
over gullies
33
7
31
3
..
79
Rain water pipes disconnected
from drains
37
47
114
18
..
216
Water-closets cleansed and repaired
474
149
96
8
281
1008
Water-closets, supply of water
laid on to
12
15
57
16
289
389
Urinals cleansed, repaired or
water laid on
8
11
14
..
..
33
Accumulation of manure, &c.,
removed
41
22
86
4
55
208
Cesspools abolished
9
2
23
..
2
36
Dust-bins provided
599
27
52
18
163
859
Stables drained or paved and
cleansed
15
7
7
1
6
35
Yards drained or paved and
cleansed
100
63
4
..
17
184
Unwholesome or dilapidated
houses cleansed & repaired
..
32
7
..
13
52
Leaky house-roofs and gutters
repaired
294
28
29
2
72
425
Houses supplied with water
9
1
21
1
35
67
Water-cisterns cleansed
covered and repaired
337
73
21
11
151
593
Cistern overflow pipes disconnected
from drains
3
2
13
..
..
18
Wells closed
..
1
..
..
..
1
Pig nuisances removed
3
2
6
..
6
16
Unclassified nuisances
284
34
52
4
45
419
Cases investigated by Magistrates
3
1
2
..
2
8
Compulsory Orders obtained
2
1
1
..
1
5
Compulsory works obtained
3
1
1
* *
1
6