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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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NEW BUILDINGS.
NEW BUILDINGS.
| No. of notices received. | No. of houses. | Additions to houses, etc. | Stables, Warehouses, Shops, and other buildings. | Churches, Chapels, Schools and additions. | Total No. of Buildings. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 488 | 3.046 | 134 | 265 | 31 | 3476 |
WOODEN STRUCTURES.
Number of Notices received 27
Number of Licenses granted 24
Number of Licenses renewed 6
DISINFECTING STATION.
The cost of working and maintaining the disinfecting station during the past year was as follows:—
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages | 702 | 8 | 7 | |||
| Coal and Coke | 24 | 14 | 8 | |||
| Other materials | 42 | 9 | 9 | |||
| Horse hire | 68 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Horse keep | 34 | 18 | 3 | |||
| Repairs to Vans | 17 | 18 | 6 | |||
| Insurance | 3 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Depreciation: buildings, £504 at 5 per cent, per annum | 25 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Depreciation: apparatus, £561 at 10 per cent, per annum | 56 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 81 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| £975 | 15 | 9 | ||||
The total weight of goods disinfected during the year was 67 tons
6cwt. 3 qrs. 5lbs., the cost per ton being £14 9s. 9d.