[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 105

Wandsworth 1891

[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 XIII. Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1891.

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TABLE XIII. Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1891.

	Clapham.	Putney.	Streatham.	Tooting.	Wandsworth.	Total.
Number of Houses and Premises inspected	3159	3797	4728	525	5471	17680
1st Notices served	1361	775	639	76	827	3678
2nd Notices served	178	136	18	13	65	410
Number of houses disinfected after infectious diseases	145	48	119	9	263	584
Number of houses in which infectious disease recurred after disinfection	..	..	..	..	5	5
Number of houses from which bedding, &c., was burnt	..	1	11	..	..	12
Bedding stoved	51	41	45	..	3	140
Overcrowding abated	29	5	10	2	5	51
Rooms cleansed and repaired	939	56	225	12	136	1368
Staircases & passages cleansed and repaired	269	37	87	8	56	457
New drains and drains relaid	105	80	531	10	1614	2340
Number of feet of new sewers and branch drains	3818	13581	7971	..	12820	38190
Drains cleansed and repaired	376	154	281	29	175	1015
Syphon traps fixed to drains	837	73	314	11	3	1238
Sinks altered to discharge outside over gullies	263	41	111	11	406	832
Bath and lavatory wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies	55	10	27	..	2	94
Rain water pipes disconnected from drains	119	32	89	13	11	264
Water-closets cleansed and repaired	657	325	163	9	627	1781
Water-closets, supply of water laid on to	12	1	146	15	144	318
Urinals cleansed, repaired, or water laid on	3	7	96	..	..	106
Accumulation of manure, &c., removed	46	35	67	2	24	174
Cesspools abolished	4	4	39	..	..	47
Dust-bins provided	253	40	122	15	156	586
Stables drained or paved and cleansed	30	9	6	..	2	47
Yards drained or paved and cleansed	106	78	37	..	29	250
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed & repaired	..	59	116	..	26	201
Leaky house-roofs and gutters repaired	290	87	48	5	120	550
Houses supplied with water	33	3	23	2	45	106
Water-cisterns covered and repaired	177	83	27	18	162	467
Cistern overflow pipes disconnected from drains	..	6	3	..	..	8
Wells closed	..	6	..	1	..	7
Pig nuisances removed	1	1	3	..	7	12
Unclassified nuisances	746	41	28	6	62	883
Cases investigated by Magistrates	..	..	..	..	2	2
Compulsory Orders obtained	..	..	..	..	2	2
Compulsory works executed	..	..	..	..	..	..