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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
which runs from the roofs of the houses, collects in large puddles, so
that the occupants have difficulty in getting to their houses dryshod.
This court consists of 16 houses, constructed mostly of wood, occupied
by 79 persons.
25th February, 1904.
1 have to report on the condition of the passage at Carpenters'
Cottages, Clapham, and the passage at rear of Nos. 55 to 71, Abbeville
Road, Clapham.
Carpenters' Cottages, off High Street, Clapham. The roadway in
front of these cottages and leading to the Reform Club was, on the
occasion of my visit, in a very bad condition. There are eleven houses
in the passage, occupied by 32 adults and 13 children. There is one
gully in the roadway, but this does not drain off the water satisfactorily.
1 am of opinion that the passage should be paved throughout its whole
length.
Passage at rear of Nos. 55 to 71, Abbeville Road. The mews
extends from Narbonne Avenue to Hambalt Road, and is very largely
used by the occupants of the shops. I am of opinion that the whole
of the passage should be paved to abate the nuisance.
In addition to the above special inspections, 403 inspections were
made of other premises, chiefly previous to the service of statutory
notices.
My attendance at the Police Court was necessary on 10, and at
t he H igh Court on four separate occasions.
The table of sanitary operations shows in detail the amount and
1 ature of the work carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors during the
year.
The number of complaints received and attended to was 1,491,
compared with 1,481 in 1903. There was some increase in the number
of complaints from Streatham and Tooting during the year, and a
decrease in the number from Clapham and Wandsworth.