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Wandsworth 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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146 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE LXV.Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1908.

TABLE LXV.

Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1908.

Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole-Borough,
North Ward.South Ward.Streatham Ward.Balham Ward.South field Ward.Fairfield Ward.Spring field Ward.
Number of complaints received and attended 1021615095368221150175751951645
Number of houses and premises inspected21361973254629363141286425762467425324892
Number of house - to - house inspections7215508304047482267475927575575
Number of preliminary notices served682768743851117379554693616448138
Ditto complied with587715715668117373552193214497495
Number of statutory notices served135124381523621351541093551564
Ditto complied with99104381293301321541073171410
Number of houses and premises re-inspected13861362161912822828237215082122245416933
Number of rooms disinfected after infectious diseases2612361404243644953232134122868
Bedding stoved2101241011992482932221972321826
Overcrowding abated6621522641582158
Rooms cleansed and repaired447687356637126650323060311275856
Staircases cleansed and repaired8714510015034413652722411327
Drains cleansed and repaired61130105135195177801212681272
Traps fixed to drains308826822525...222
Bath, lavatory and sink wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies or repaired21172348572252360276
Rain water pipes disconnected
from drains.........10744492599
Water closets cleansed and repaired2141851681434441381482484402128
Water closets, separate supply of water laid on to...1...241............26
Urinals cleansed, repaired or water laid on to1271081596101390
Accumulations of manure, &c., removed20394679804015834361
Cesspools abolished........................11
Ashpits provided or repaired13593891931781051231431741233
Dust complaints received132334642922351833271
Stables and stable yards
drained, paved or cleansed31932253377135
Yards drained,paved or cleansed78766885156821221152431025
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed or repaired26415481911197
Leaky roofs and gutters repaired100136136119114122279695945
Houses re-supplied with water3231310154959
Water cisterns cleansed, covered or repaired8575614374243776280755
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance552191561072190
Smoke nuisances reported219921352290
Soil pipes repaired51118499151710125
Unclassified nuisances8314692961001307210935863