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Report of the Meaical Officer of Health.
Previous to the decision of the High Court the Council had
reverted to the system of weekly collection.
There has during the year been no alteration made in the system
of disposal of house refuse as set out in previous Reports.
143 statutory notices were served under Section 37 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, to provide dust-bins in accordance with
the by-laws, and these were complied with.
1,023 yards in connection with dwelling houses, and 62 in connection
with stables were drained, paved or cleansed, compared with
983 and 66 in 1904.
5,565 rooms and 923 passages were cleansed and repaired, a very
large increase compared with previous years. The increase was
chiefly due to the fact that the property inspected during the year was
largely occupied by the poorer classes. As an evidence that this was
the case it is only necessary to compare the figures in Tooting and in
Southfield Ward. In the former 499 house-to-house inspections and
2,490 total inspections were made, and 552 rooms were cleansed,
whereas in the latter 798 house-to-house inspections and 2,016 total
inspections were made, but only 118 rooms were cleansed.
In Tooting the property inspected was chiefly occupied by the
poorer class, while in Southfield Ward it was occupied by the artisan
class.
1,087 drains were repaired or cleansed, and 156 rain-water pipes
disconnected from drains.
156 notices of re-construction of drains were forwarded to the
Surveyors from this department; 17 in Clapham, 13 in Putney, 78 in
Streatham, seven in Tooting, and 41 in Wandsworth.
The number of water-closets cleansed and repaired was 2,141,
compared with 1,979 in 1904, and 1,783 in 1903. A continued
increase has occurred in the number of water-closets repaired since
1901.