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68 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The Council have also agreed to appoint a Lady Sanitary
Inspector for inspections under the Public Health (London) Art,
and the Factory and Workshops Act.
During the first six months I made in the Parish of Wands
worth 76 inspections, representing 361 premises. Special inspections
were also made of several localities to ascertain the condition
of water supply, the provision of cisterns, and the capacity
of the same. Special notice was also taken of the supply of water
to waste-water preventing cisterns, and it was ascertained that in
those houses with a constant water supply, or whose waste-water
preventing cisterns had a head of water of over nine feet, the
closets were as a rule in a much cleaner condition. This I
attributed to the fact that the time of filling of these cisterns
was very much less in the case of direct supply, and that consequently
more efficient filling took place.
This inspection was personally made for giving evidence
before the Water Inquiry, but this Inquiry was not proceeded
with.
During the six months ending December, in the whole
Borough 72 visits in connection with Small Pox, and 211 inspections
respecting premises in connection with nuisances generally,
were made.
Special inspections were also made in the following localities
White Square, with reference to the Housing of the Working
Classes; Rashleigh Street, with reference to general sanitary
condition; Young's Rents, Rowland's Cottages, and Charlotte
Place, with reference to general sanitary condition; and Hydcthorpe
Road, Scholars Road, Pentney Street, and Haverhill Road,
Clapham, with reference to the prevalence of sore throats in that
district, and also examining the areas under several houses to
ascertain if they had been properly concreted so as to prevent
dampness.
As these and some of the other special inspections in Clapham
and Tooting were made lo acquaint myself with the sanitary
condition of parts of the district chiefly occupied by the working
classes no special reports were made to the Council.