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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
159
The total number of intimation notices served was 8,138,
compared with 7,613 in 1907 and 7,500 in 1906, and of statutory
notices 1,564, compared with 1,100 and 1,044.
The greatest number of intimation notices was served in
Balham and Spring-field Wards, and the smallest number in Southfield
and Streatham Wards. The greatest number of statutory
notices was served in Balham and Springfield Wards, and the
smallest number in Putney and Fairfield Wards.
154 of the statutory notices served in 1908 were not complied
with. The majority of these were served in December and were
complied with in the early months of the current year.
The number of statutory notices served include By-law
notices, 486 of which were served in respect of the following contraventions
of the By-laws:—Yard paving 174, repairs to water
closets 79, repairs to flushing apparatus of water closets 58, covers
to cisterns 30, cleansing cisterns 44, cleansing house and other
contraventions of the By-laws as to houses let in lodgings 93,
paving and draining stables three, depositing house refuse within
prohibited distance two, and absence of proper covers to manure
receptacles three.
The number of cases of overcrowding dealt with during the
year was 158, compared with 87 in 1907, 100 in 1906, and 92 in
1905. 12 of these were in Clapham, two in Putney, 37 in Streatham,
six in Tooting, and 101 in Wandsworth.
The cases of overcrowding in Clapham were chiefly in Rashleigh
Street, Westbury Street, and Lower Orchard Street; in
Putney, in Quill Lane and The Platt; in Streatham, in Factory
Square, Fallsbrook Road, Larch Road, Zennor Road, Triangle
Flats, Foss Road, and Hazlehurst Road; in Tooting, in Aldis
Mews; and in Wandsworth, in Aslett Street, Guelph Street,
Bendon Valley, Lydden Grove, and Wardlev Street.
1,233 ashpits were provided or repaired, compared with 1,099
in 1907, and 1,219 in 1906, and 271 complaints with reference to
the non-removal of house refuse (36 from Clapham, 34 from