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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The total number of intimation notices served was 9,336,
compared with 8,138 in 1908, 7,613 in 1907, and 7,500 in 1906,
and of statutory notices 1,119, compared with 1,564, 1,100, and
1,044.
The greatest number of intimation notices was served in Balham
and Streatham Wards, and the smallest number in Southfield
and Putney Wards. The greatest number of statutory
notices was served in Balham and Springfield Wards, and the
smallest number in Putney and Southfield Wards.
84 of the statutory notices served in 1909 were not complied
with. The majority of these were served in December, and were
complied with in the early months of the current year.
The number of statutory notices served include By-law
notices, 342 of which were served in respect of the following contraventions
of the By-laws:-Yard paving; 143, repairs to water
closets 64, repairs to (lushing apparatus of water closets 43,
cleansing of water closets three, covers to cisterns 14, cleansing
cisterns 14, cleansing house and other contraventions of the
By-laws as to houses let in lodgings 43, paving and draining
stables four, and absence of proper manure receptacles 14.
The number of cases of overcrowding dealt with during the
year was 131, compared with 158 in 1908, 87 in 1907, 100 in 1906,
and 92 in 1905 14 of these were in Claphani, six in Putney, 29 in
Streatham, 11 in Tooting, and 71 in Wandsworth.
The cases of overcrowding in Clapham were chiefly in Milford
Street and Lyham Road; in Putney, in Quill Lane and the Piatt;
in Streatham, in Eardley Road, Larch Road, Zennor Road, and
Foss Road; in Tooting, in Fairlight Road ; and in Wandsworth,
in Guelph Street, Bendon Valley, and I.ydden Grove.
64 of the cases were caused by sub-letting rooms, largely in
consequence of the original occupier being out of employment,
and in the remainder of the cases the overcrowding was caused
by the house being too small for the number in the family. All
the cases were remedied without difficulty.