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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The above report, along with the reports of the Surveyors, were
considered by a Joint Sub-Committee of the Public Health and
Highways Committees, who made the following report to the Council
on the 12th October:—
(a.) That the refuse from the houses in the areas selected by
the Surveyors—one in the Eastern and one in the
Western districts—be removed daily, experimentally in
the first place, for a period of 12 months from the 1st
January next.
(b.) That with a view of a uniform system being adopted in the
prescribed areas, and ill consideration of the men in these
areas not being allowed to pick over the refuse, the
wages of all carmen employed in dusting in these areas
be 27s. per week.
(c.) That the notice as settled by the Committee be printed
and circulated in the districts selected, giving the
ratepayers the necessary notice of the proposed change in
the system of removing house refuse.
These recommendations were adopted by the Council on that
date.
983 yards in connection with dwelling houses and 66 in
connection with stables were drained, paved or cleansed, compared
with 822 and 69 in 1903.
4,325 rooms and 397 passages have been cleansed and repaired,
an increase of 1,138 rooms and 148 passages compared with the
previous year. This increase was due to the increase in the number
of house-to-house inspections,
1,171 drains were cleansed or repaired, and 214 rain-water pipes
disconnected from drains.
182 notices of reconstruction of drains were sent on to the
Surveyors from this department ; 24 in Clapham, 15 in Putney, 64 in
Streatham, 20 in Tooting, and 59 in Wandsworth.
The number of water closets cleansed and repaired was 1,979,
compared with 1,783 in 1903, and 1,465 in 1902.