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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 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE XVI.Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1900.

TABLE XVI.

Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1900.

Clapham.PutneyStreatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total.
Number of Houses and Premises Inspected629931082438522329815665
Preliminary Notices served1875658148518711705375
Statutory Notices served2564625..376702
Number of Houses disinfected after infectious diseases19066407723091043
Number of rooms disinfected after infectious diseases30069471783221240
Number of houses in which infectious disease recurred after disinfection............
Number of houses from which bedding, &c., was burnt....1....1
Bedding stoved2484622259347922
Overcrowding abated46712744
Rooms cleansed and lepaired1107684442549122785
Staircases and passages cleansed and repaired2383019168133660
New drains and drains relaid12023311610178656
New ventilating pipes22828416323223921
Drains cleansed and repaired268865817226656
Syphon traps fixed to drains11342272391521545
Sinks altered to discharge outside over gullies125961421147
Bath and lavatory wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies2..85212101
Rain water pipes disconnected from drains10916529124337
Water closets cleansed and repaired350195224624871318
Water closets, separate supply of water laid on to....2156728310
Urinals cleansed, repaired, or water laid on1592..935
Accumulation of manure, &c. removed642926238159
Cesspools abolished....2..13
Dust-bins provided or repaired ..2037319979175729
Stables and stable yards drained or paved and cleansed1721..525
Yards drained or paved and cleansed1701083470146538
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed and repaired..45....348
Leaky house-roofs and gutters repaired317143334137634
Houses re-supplied with water1041721144
Water cisterns cleansed covered, and repaired300401828796705
Cistern overflow pipes disconnected from drains........11
Wells closed......1..1
Pig nuisances removed........33
Unclassified nuisances10898554182341476