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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
No fault could be found with the storage in milkshops pure
and simple, ample accommodation being in the large majority of
cases provided.
Unsound Food.
During the year 39 boxes of tomatoes, 12 baskets of
cherries, two trunks of fresh haddock, two boxes of soles, one
box of skate, four boxes of plaice, and four bags of mussels were
destroyed at the request of the owners, and certificates were given.
In the majority of these cases the food was purchased by costermongers
and found by them to be unsound, and brought to this
Office for such certificate.
Flooding of Sewers.
In the parish of Clapham flooding of sewers after heavy
rainfall occurred during the year, and has given rise in some eases
to a nuisance of a serious nature. The streets chiefly affected
were Heath Road, Silverthorne Road, Newby Street, Rashleigh
Street, Milford Street, Pitcairn Street, Queen's Road, and Brandon
Street. The flooding is due to the fact that the sectional area of
the Heath Road sewer is not large enough to carry off the water
during heavy storms.
In Wandsworth flooding occurs in Garratt Lane from the
same cause, and in Streatham.
These main sewers are all under the London County Council,
and the matter has been reported to them.
Customs and Inland Revenue Act.
During the year certificates of exemption from or abatement
of inhabited house duty under Section 26 of the Customs and
Inland Revenue Act were granted in five cases.
These referred to 92 separate houses. In all these cases the
houses were newly built, but in two, owing to improper ashpit
accommodation, the certificate was withheld until the owner had
supplied each tenant with a proper dustbin.