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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
56 unwholesome or dilapidated houses were cleansed and
repaired, five in Clapham, nine in Putney, eight in Streatham, 14
in Tooting, and 20 in Wandsworth, compared with 80 in 1906.
The number of unclassified nuisances was 758, 251 in Clapham,
90 in Putney, 130 in Streatham, 109 in Tooting, and 178 in
Wandsworth, compared with 893 in 1906.
Disinfection.
The total number of rooms disinfected after the occurrence
of cases of infectious disease was 3,206 (537 in Clapham, 277 in
Putney, 790 in Streatham, 650 in Tooting, and 952 in Wandsworth),
compared with 2,794 in 1906, and 2,947 in 1905.
The increase was due to the increase in the number of cases
of Scarlet Fever.
1,948 lots of bedding were stoved at the Disinfecting Station,
compared with 1,669 in 1906, and 1,778 in 1905.
The 1,948 lots of bedding included the following:—1,274
beds, 1,336 bolsters, 3,219 pillows, 1,413 mattresses, 702 palliasses,
2,518 sheets, 1,973 quilts, 965 cushions, 7,796 articles of clothing,
3,626 blankets, 444 carpets, and 3,836 extra articles, a total of
29,102 articles, compared with 28,885 in 1906, and 30,477 in 1905.
955 premises were disinfected after Measles, and 135 after
Tubercular disease of the Lungs, compared with 902 and 134 in
1906.
20 beds, nine bolsters, 31 pillows, 36 mattresses, 53 palliasses,
11 sheets, nine quilts, 15 cushions, 60 articles of clothing, 14
blankets, 15 carpets, and 134 extra articles, were removed and
destroyed by request of the owners during the year.
Disinfection was also carried out by the Sanitary Staff at
premises after non-notifiable diseases, chiefly Cancer, and the sum
of £25 17s. 10d. was received for such disinfection.