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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
107 premises were inspected and notices served where animals
"were kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance. Four of these
were in Clapham, three in Putney, 27 in Streatham, eight in Tooting,
and 65 in Wandsworth. This nuisance was most common in
Fairfield and Springfield Wards, and the animals kept were chiefly
ducks and hens.
34 smoke nuisances were reported during the year: none in
Clapham, four in Putney, one in Streatham, five in Tooting, and
24 in Wandsworth.
Two complaints of black smoke were received from the Public
Control Department of the London County Council with regard
to two premises, and five complaints from the Coal Smoke Abatement
Society with regard to five premises.
These complaints were all at once attended to and the premises
kept under observation.
In one instance complaint was made to the Local Government
Board by residents in Bendon Valley, Wandsworth, of nuisance
from a laundry shaft in the vicinity and the following report was
made on the matter :—
"With reference to the letter from the Local Government
Board, enclosing copy of a petition from 20 residents of Bendon
Valley, Wandsworth, I have to report that the premises in
question, viz.: The Primrose Laundry, has been under the
observation of the Public Health Department for some time.
On two occasions, in July, 1906, and again in October, 1907,
proceedings were taken on the instructions of the Public Health
Committee, but in neither case was a fine inflicted, the
Magistrate making an order for the abatement of the nuisance
with 6s. costs in each case. After the last conviction several
alterations were made in the laundry and a new furnace and