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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The number of preliminary or intimation notices served was
7,207, compared with 6,491 in 1904, and of statutory notices 1,099,
compared with 1,029 in 1904.
The number of statutory notices served included by-law notices,
342 of which were served in respect of the following contraventions of
the by-laws:—yard paving 124, covers to cisterns 62, repairs to waterclosets
73, cleansing cisterns 31, repairs to flushing apparatus of waterclosets
29, cleansing house under by-laws of houses let in lodgings 13,
and the absence of or repairs to manure receptacles nine.
The difference between the sub-districts of Putney and Tooting
with respect to statutory notices which was mentioned in my Report
for 1904, is also noticeable in the year under review. In Putney
while 709 preliminary notices were served, it was only necessary to
serve 17 statutory notices, whereas in Tooting 971 preliminary and
100 statutory notices were served.
It will also be observed that in the Southfield Ward very few
statutory notices were necessary, and that the number of preliminary
notices was also small in comparison with the other Wards. This
was due to the fact that a large proportion of the property inspected
during the year was of a better class and that in consequence fewer
notices were necessary. The total number of inspections in that
Ward compares favourably with the number in the other Wards.
The number of cases of overcrowding dealt with during the year
was 92, compared with 103 in 1904. Eight of these were in Clapham,
six in Putney, 20 in Streatham, nine in Tooting, and 59 in Wandsworth.
The cases in Wandsworth were, as in previous years, chiefly
in the Fairfield and Springfield Wards.
The majority of the cases of overcrowding were due to the subletting
of premises, and were at once remedied after service of
preliminary notices.
All the cases of overcrowding were remedied without having
recourse to legal proceedings.
1,128 ashpits were provided or repaired, compared with 1,166 in
1904, and 500 complaints with respect to non-removal of house refuse