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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 141
(a) Complaint was made of the condition of passage off
Becmead Avenue, Streatham, in rear of Nos. 152 to
170, Streatham High Road, and on inspection it was
found that this passage was in an insanitary condition.
Notices have been served to abate this, and
the matter is now being considered by the owners
who have agreed to remedy the same.
(b) The passage at rear of shops Nos. 42 to 62, Brook-
wood Road, has also been inspected and notices
served. The passage was cleansed, but no paving
done.
(c) The passage in Emmanuel Road, at side and rear of
Nos. 120 to 142 has also been inspected and notices
have been served, but owing to difficulty in obtaining
the owners under the Public Health Act, no structural
work has yet been carried out, although the
passage has been kept clean.
(d) Inspection was also made of passage in rear of Nos.
137 to 151, High Street, Putney, and the Council is
at present in communication with the owners with
regard to the proper paving of the same.
(e) In course of inspection in Foss Road, my attention
was directed to the passage at rear of Nos. 14 to 76,
and between that road and Blackshaw Road.
During the current year this passage will be dealt
with by serving notice on the responsible owners.
Serious difficulties have arisen with respect to the ownership
of these passages, as in most cases they are merely
rights of way and not owned by the lessees of the property
abutting thereon.
(14) Inspections were also made of yards in rear of Wardley
Street, Wandsworth; Burnbury Road, Midmoor Road, Haverhill
Road, and Acre Square, Clapham, and the necessary
notices served. These notices have been or are being complied
with.