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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Wandsworth.—The Mortuary is situated in Red Lion
Street, and is not suitable or sufficient for the requirements
of that part of the Borough. Inquests are held in the Town
Hall, close to the Mortuary. During 1901 75 bodies were
removed to the Mortuary.
The Mortuary accommodation and the accommodation
for holding inquests is satisfactory in Clapham and Streatham,
but unsatisfactory in the other parts of the Borough.
This has been recognised both by the Council of this Borough
and by the London County Council, and a Conference was
held between representatives of these Bodies to determine
the most satisfactory method of dealing with the question
in these three Parishes.
At that Conference it was decided to recommend that
one central Coroner's Court and Mortuary should be erected
in Wandsworth for the three Parishes, and that the most
suitable place was on a site adjacent to the present Town
Hall. This site would be available after the carrying out of
the widening in connection with the tramways.
Water Supply.
The water supply to the Borough is in the hands
of two Companies: (1) the Southwark and Vauxhall, which
supplies Putney and the greater portion of Wandsworth,
the dividing line being the main line of the London & South
Western Railway ; and (2) the Lambeth Company, which supplies
Clapham, Streatham, Tooting, and a portion of Wandsworth.
The quality of the water supplied by both Companies has
been during the year, as shown in the reports of the examiners,
satisfactory, and no complaints have been received at the Public
Health Department with reference to the quantity except from
one particular area in the Parish of Wandsworth. This area comprises
several houses at the top of Allfarthing Lane, and a
portion of the West Side, Wandsworth Common. There is no
doubt that reasonable grounds for complaint were present, as
during the summer months the supply was not constant but
intermittent. There was not sufficient pressure in the mains to