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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The decrease in the number of rooms cleansed is due to the
decrease in the number of house-to-house inspections.
The greatest number of rooms cleansed was in Balham Ward,
where 1,138 were done, and the smallest number in Southfield and
Putney.
1,107 drains were cleansed or repaired and 109 rain-water
pipes disconnected from drains.
185 notices of reconstruction of drains were sent on to the
Surveyors from this department:—33 in Clapham, 22 in Putney,
77 in Streatham, eight in Tooting, and 45 in Wandsworth.
The number of water closets cleansed and repaired was 1,936,
compared with 2,141 in 1905, 1,979 in 1904 and 1,783 in 1903.
253 accumulations of manure were removed after service of
notice:—25 in Clapham, 44 in Putney, 86 in Streatham, 46 in
Tooting, and 52 in Wandsworth. Compared with 1905 there has
been a considerable reduction in the number of notices served for
abatement of this nuisance. The greatest reduction occurred in
Putney, while in Tooting there was a slight increase.
16 notices were served for the removal of manure every 48
hours, compared with 20 in 1905, and 15 in 1904.
842 water cisterns were cleansed, covered or repaired, 288 in
Clapham, 68 in Putney, 228 in Streatham, 50 in Tooting, and 208
in Wandsworth, compared with 823 in 1905.
178 premises were inspected and notices served where animals
were kept in such a condition or in such a manner as to be a
nuisance.
16 of these were in Clapham, seven in Putney, 24 in Streatham,
12 in Tooting, and 119 in Wandsworth.
As in former years this nuisance was most common in the
sub-district of Wandsworth, and particularly in the Fairfield and
Springfield Wards, and the animals kept were in nearly all the
cases ducks or hens.