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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 165
My attendance was necessary at the Police Court on 15 and
at the High Court on two occasions during the year.
Revenue Act.
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During the year 12 certificates were granted under the above
Act, one was deferred, and four refused.
The certificates granted referred to 118 houses, or 304 tenements.
Sanitary Operations.
The Table of Sanitary operations shows in detail the amount
and nature of the work carried put by the Sanitary Inspectors
during the year.
The number of complaints received and attended to was
1,692, compared with 1,645 in 1908, and 1,836 in 1907.
There was an increase in Clapham North, Tooting, Southfield,
and Fairfield Wards, and a decrease in Clapham South,
Putney, Streatham, and Springfield Wards.
Four of these complaints were made to the London County
Council, and these were at once attended to.
The number of houses and premises inspected was 26,835,
an increase of 1,943 compared with 1908, and of 2,605 compared
with 1907.
There was an increase in the number of houses and premises
inspected in Clapham North and South, Putney, Balham, Tooting,
Southfield and Fairfield Wards, and a decrease in Streatham and
Springfield Wards, the largest decrease having been in Springfield
Ward.
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