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160 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Putney, 93 from Streatham, 22 from Tooting, and 86 from Wandsworth)
were received during the year. These complaints were as
in previous years attended to by the Dusting Inspectors.
Removal of House Refuse.
No change has taken place in the methods of removal or disposal
of house refuse during the year, details of which have been
given in previous reports.
During the 12 months ending March, 1908, the quantity of
dust collected and disposed of was approximately 58,623 tons,
compared with 53,536 tons in the previous year, and the total cost
of collection and disposal was £16,288, compared with ,£17,076.
172 statutory notices were served under section 37 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, to provide ashpits in accordance
with the By-laws, and these have been complied with.
1,025 yards in connection with dwelling houses, and 135 in
connection with stables, were paved, drained or cleansed, compared
with 1,084 and* 84 in 1907.
5,856 rooms and 1,327 staircases and passages were cleansed
or repaired, compared with 5,456 rooms and 945 staircases and
passages in 1907.
The greatest number of rooms cleansed was in the Balham
Ward, where 1,266 were done, and in Springfield Ward, where
1,127 wee done, and the smallest number in Putney and Southfield
Wards.
1,272 drains were cleansed or repaired and 99 rain-water pipes
disconnected from the drains.
124 notices of reconstruction of drains were sent to the
Borough Surveyor from this Department: 18 in Clapham,