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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Mortuaries.
The Mortuaries in Clapham, Streatham, Tooting and Wandsworth
have been visited several times during the year, and I am able
to report that the By-laws and Regulations have been carried out
in a satisfactory manner.
With reference to the Wandsworth Mortuary the Public
Health Committee have on several occasions had the question of
providing a new mortuary for Wandsworth before them, but so
far no decision as to the site has been arrived at.
The Mortuary at Tooting has been closed, but a temporary
one has been provided pending the erection of a new one in
Wandsworth.
In Clapham, 43 bodies were removed to the Mortuary, compared
with 21 in 1910 ; in Streatham 55, compared with 56 ; and
in Wandsworth 108, of which 54 were from Wandsworth, 33 from
Putney, and 21 from Tooting—a total of 206 compared with 186
in 1910.
No infectious cases were admitted to any of the Mortuaries
during the year.
General Sanitary Work in 1911.
The following list shows the special inspectiors made by me
during the year
(1)—In consequence of several complaints several inspections were
made of the River Graveney at Southcroft Road, as the complaints
were that after heavy rain the river overflowed and caused
a nuisance on the land adjoining. It was found that when the
river subsided large stagnant pools were left, and these gave rise
to offensive smells, which were a nuisance to persons residing
in the neighbourhood. Noticcs were served on the owner of
the land and the nuisance was abated.
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