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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 167
TABLE LXVIII.
Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough
during the Year 1909.
Clapham.
Putney.
Streatham
Tooting.
Wandsworth.
Whole
Borough.
North
Ward.
South
Ward.
Streatham
Ward.
Balham
Ward.
South
field
Ward.
Fairfield
Ward.
Sprig
field
Ward.
Number of complaints received
and attended to
300
148
52
266
212
266
193
76
179
1692
Number of houses and premises
inspected
2976
2062
2653
2755
3320
3596
29 13
2513
4047
26835
Number of house - to - house
inspections
1355
609
649
741
886
769
730
625
643
7007
Number of preliminary notices
served
1043
925
706
1289
1251
1160
740
1092
1130
9336
Ditto complied with
1025
919
67 1
1186
1251
1011
680
1071
1130
8944.
Number of statutory notices
served
94
74
40
189
202
92
41
122
265
1119
Ditto complied with
93
73
28
164
202
86
36
109
244
1035
Number of houses and premises
re-inspected
2040
1959
1669
3487
2883
2564
1733
2109
2294
20738
Number of rooms disinfected
after infectious diseases
312
195
210
518
482
474
308
243
404
3146
Bedding stoved
177
129
90
288
245
200
143
94
215
1581
Overcrowding abated
7
7
6
11
18
11
18
17
36
131
Rooms cleansed and repaired
838
787
368
1089
1411
776
271
751
1010
7301
Staircases cleansed and repaired
154
156
90
356
298
140
34
99
192
1519
Drains cleansed and repaired
76
104
80
68
216
245
65
69
118
1041
Traps fixed to drains
21
98
16
28
15
27
6
...
2
213
Bath, lavatory and sink wastes
altered to discharge outside
over gullies or repaired
36
44
8
29
75
59
14
45
38
348
Rain water pipes disconnected
from drains
...
1
...
7
8
8
4
...
25
53
Water closets cleansed and
repaired
361
252
151
227
402
207
178
231
380
2389
Water closets, separate supply
of water laid on to.
...
...
...
16
3
10
...
...
...
29
Urinals cleansed, repaired or
water laid on to
8
7
8
6
9
3
6
12
21
80
Accumulations of manure, &c.,
removed
42
33
33
62
55
35
19
7
6l
347
Cesspools abolished
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
/
2
Ashpits provided or repaired.
165
93
62
224
191
181
113
130
133
1292
Dust complaints received
33
28
46
120
65
26
41
22
40
421
Stable and stable yards
drained, paved or cleansed
5
11
3
7
25
4
6
4
30
95
Yards drained,paved or cleansed
144
136
118
159
226
209
138
173
271
1574
Unwholesome or dilapidated
houses cleansed or repaired
1
1
2
11
5
13
4
4
5
46
Leaky roofs and gutters repaired
137
217
98
255
95
130
38
93
96
1159
Damp courses inserted
6
9
...
46
5
12
3
27
7
115
Damp conditions remedied
43
43
19
219
64
48
23
66
106
631
Houses re-supplied with water
9
5
1
16
8
7
5
5
7
63
Water cisterns cleansed, covered
or repaired
158
97
32
66
91
103
28
136
106
837
Animals kept so as to be a
nuisance
7
2
1
7
17
9
7
10
23
83
Smoke nuisances reported
2
...
2
4
2
3
8
28
9
58
Soil pipes repaired
16
20
56
15
29
23
4
14
5
182
Unclassified nuisances
88
135
49
215
48
49
39
65
31
719