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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
173
The total number of intimation notices served was 8,866,
compared with 9,336 in 1909, 8,138 in 1908, 7,613 in 1907, and
7,500 in 1906, and of statutory notices 1,038, compared with 1,119,
1,564, 1,100, and 1,044.
The greatest number of intimation notices was served in
Southfield and Springfield Wards, and the smallest number in
Fairfield and Putney Wards. The greatest number of statutory
notices was served in Balham and Springfield Wards, and the
smallest number in Putney and Clapham South Wards.
126 of the statutory notices, 21 in Clapham, six in Putney,
32 in Streatham, six in Tooting, and 61 in Wandsworth, served in
1910, were not complied with at the close of the year. These
notices were served in November and December, and with the
exception of 18 premises which were vacated after service of the
notices, and of 30 which were in hand, were complied with in the
early months of the current year. Of the 30 in hand the majority
were notices for paving yards or open spaces which could not be
complied with owing to climatic conditions.
The number of statutory notices served include By-law
notices, 394 of which were served in respect of the following contraventions
of the By-laws:—Yard paving 179, repairs to water
closets 38, repairs to flushing apparatus of water closets 49,
cleansing of water closets two, covers to cisterns 16, cleansing
cisterns 11, cleansing house and other contraventions of the
By-laws as to houses let in lodgings 73, paving and draining
stables one, absence of cover to manure receptacles seven, paving
of pig sties one, and failing to deposit manure in a proper
receptacle 17.
The number of cases of overcrowding dealt with during the
year was 129, compared with 131 in 1909, 158 in 1908, 87 in 1907,
100 in 1906, and 92 in 1905. Seven of these were in Clapham,
three in Putney, 18 in Streatham, 13 in Tooting, and 88 in
Wandsworth.