Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Total number of intimation notices served for all
purposes 8,138
Overcrowding, 1908—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 158
Number remedied 158
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year —
Number of rooms closed —
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act,
1891 7
Number closed under the Housing of the Working
Classes Act —
Number of premises cleansed under Sec. 20 of the
L.C.C. General Powers Act, 1904 84
Shelters provided under Sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year —
Revenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were received
during year 92
Number of tenements comprised therein 203
Number of tenements for which certificates were:
(a) granted 156
(b) refused 22
(c) deferred 25
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health
Act, 1891—
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice,
salt, filth, etc. —