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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 161
feet above ordnance datum and 800 yards distant from
the land.
"The nearest inhabited house is situated on the
Portsmouth Road, and is about 100 yards distant, while
Newlands Farm, which is at a lower level, is over 200
yards distant.
"There are no sources of domestic water supply
near the site, all the houses being supplied with water
by the Southwark and Vauxhall District of the Metropolitan
Water Board.
"In my opinion, with proper drainage, the proposed
site is suitable for a cemetery."
(2.) As in previous years, special inspections were made of several
localities in consequence of complaints of smells from road
gullies and sewer ventilators.
The number of complaints was much fewer than in the
previous year, this having been due to the fact that the
climatic conditions were unfavourable.
In all 79 complaints were received, compared with 143
in 1908 : two from Clapham North, five from Clapham South,
16 from Putney, 15 from Streatham, 10 from Balham, nine
from Tooting-, 14 from Southfield, four from Fairfield, and
four from Spring-field Wards.
All these complaints were forwarded to the Borough
Engineer and Surveyor, who reported that in every case the
necessary cleansing and flushing or other work had been
carried out.
(3.) A large number of inspections were again made of passages
and mews, and a considerable number of these have been
satisfactorily dealt with during the year, but in some, owing
to legal difficulties as to ownership, no work has yet been
begun to comply with the notices served.