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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160 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1910.
Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. | |||||
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North Ward. | South Ward. | Streatham Ward. | Balham Ward. | South field Ward. | Fairfield Ward. | Spring field Ward. | ||||
Number of complaints received and attended to | 273 | 145 | 71 | 273 | 236 | 276 | 206 | 84 | 225 | 1789 |
Number of houses and premises inspected | 3156 | 2438 | 2881 | 3411 | 3613 | 4371 | 3941 | 1858 | 4262 | 29931 |
Number of house - to - house inspections | 959 | 601 | 806 | 530 | 769 | 850 | 1142 | 49 | 570 | 6276 |
Number of preliminary notices served | 975 | 685 | 624 | 1200 | 1143 | 1142 | 1428 | 377 | 1292 | 8866 |
Ditto complied with | 959 | 723 | 600 | 979 | 1129 | 1050 | 1268 | 375 | 1278 | 8361 |
Number of statutory notices served | 114 | 42 | 19 | 111 | 258 | 82 | 98 | 51 | 263 | 1038 |
Ditto complied with | 96 | 53 | 13 | 110 | 242 | 79 | 83 | 50 | 209 | 935 |
Notices served for periodical removal of manure | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 28 |
Number of houses and premises re-inspected | 2201 | 1561 | 1605 | 3845 | 2813 | 3068 | 2665 | 1119 | 2615 | 21492 |
Number of rooms disinfected after infectious diseases | 233 | 157 | 250 | 249 | 315 | 448 | 159 | 118 | 237 | 2166 |
Bedding stoved | 108 | 93 | 99 | 170 | 178 | 176 | 144 | 132 | 130 | 1230 |
Overcrowding abated | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 60 | 129 |
Rooms cleansed and repaired | 654 | 509 | 287 | 705 | 1163 | 700 | 647 | 285 | 1060 | 6010 |
Staircases cleansed and repaired | 125 | 94 | 64 | 192 | 293 | 143 | 94 | 45 | 216 | 1266 |
Drains cleansed and repaired | 80 | 159 | 81 | 141 | 174 | 191 | 119 | 52 | 87 | 1084 |
Traps fixed to drains | 56 | 117 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 80 | 9 | 19 | ... | 338 |
Bath, lavatory and sink wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies or repaired | 1 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 74 | 40 | 16 | 28 | 63 | 302 |
Rain water pipes disconnected from drains | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 64 |
Water closets cleansed and repaired | 215 | 226 | 168 | 163 | 384 | 201 | 294 | 98 | 400 | 2149 |
Water closets, separate supply of water laid on to | ... | ... | ... | 23 | 1 | 40 | ... | ... | ... | 64 |
Accumulations of manure, &c., removed | 41 | 37 | 46 | 62 | 68 | 21 | 24 | 18 | 44 | 361 |
Urinals cleansed, repaired or water laid on to | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 60 |
Cesspools abolished | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 |
Ashpits provided or repaired | 137 | 72 | 24 | 127 | 183 | 136 | 176 | 44 | 161 | 1060 |
Dust complaints received | 36 | 30 | 41 | 57 | 42 | 14 | 47 | 26 | 43 | 336 |
Stable and stable yards drained, paved or cleansed | 20 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 97 |
Yards drained, paved or cleansed | 129 | 110 | 74 | 174 | 182 | 201 | 215 | 70 | 282 | 1437 |
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed or repaired | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 38 |
Leaky roofs and gutters repaired | 147 | 162 | 132 | 197 | 90 | 105 | 121 | 70 | 201 | 1225 |
Damp courses inserted | 36 | 2 | 11 | 184 | 4 | 47 | 175 | 22 | 153 | 634 |
Damp conditions remedied | 99 | 23 | 73 | 270 | 62 | 145 | 49 | 12 | 287 | 1120 |
Houses re-supplied with water | 7 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 86 |
Water cisterns cleansed, covered or repaired | 59 | 186 | 47 | 63 | 59 | 52 | 58 | 26 | 56 | 606 |
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 22 | 24 | 34 | 138 |
Smoke nuisances reported | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ... | 29 | 22 | 7 | 68 |
Soil pipes repaired | 8 | 20 | 10 | 24 | 19 | 57 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 153 |
Unclassified nuisances | 147 | 115 | 63 | 223 | 25 | 41 | 89 | 28 | 15 | 746 |