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Wandsworth 1897

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

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Parish of Wandsworth.
(1).—Conveying noxious matter in an improper vehicle, fined 5s.
and 2s. costs; also for conveying same during prohibited
hours, 2s. costs.
(2).—Permitting chimney to send forth black smoke—Fined 20s.
and 2 s. costs.
(3).—Sanitary defects, fined £3s. 3s., and three orders made to
drain cellars into sewer.
(4).—Collecting noxious matter during prohibited hours, and in a
van unfit for the purpose—Fined 20s. and 2s. costs.
(5).—Allowing premises to be occupied without a certificate as to
the water supply—Fined 20s. and 2s. costs.
(tj).—Sanitary defects—Fined 40s. and 6s. costs.
(7).—Overcrowding, order made to abate nuisance, with £1 Is.
costs.
Cowhouses.
These, 7 in number, were duly inspected and
found to be in a sanitary condition. These still show a
tendency to decrease, 2 having had their licences withdrawn
since last year.
Slaughter
Houses.
Nine slaughter-houses and one knackers'
yard were inspected, and, generally speaking,
were found satisfactory.
Bake-houses.
There are 40 of these in the parish, and they
were as usual inspected twice during the year. In two,
notices had to be served for lime-whiting and cleansing.
Unsound
Food.
1 bag of whelks, 1 trunk of codfish, 1 bag of
potatoes, 1 barrel of crabs, 1 trunk of plaice,
1 trunk of haddock, and 1 box of skate w ere destroyed
during the year, being unfit for food.
Factory and
Workshops.
99 of these (17 factories and 82 workshops)
were inspected during the year, and with the
exception of three were found to be in a satisfactory
condition from a sanitary poiut of view. In two of these
the waterclosets were found to be defective, and in one the
washhouse was in a dirty condition.