View report page

210
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
18 adults also had baths, four being nurses who had been in
attendance on cases of Puerperal Fever, nine were contacts with
cases of Scarlet Fever or Diphtheria, while five, three females and
two males, were verminous.
Inspection of Urinals in connection with Licensed
Premises.
The number of urinals inspected was T30, 38 in Clapham,
19 in Putney, 24 in Streatham, 12 in Tooting, and 37 in
Wandsworth.
389 inspections were made during the year and 37 notices,
chiefly for cleansing, were served and complied with.
In the Borough there are at present 11 public sanitary conveniences,
one of these, in Buckhold Road, having been constructed
during the year. There are in addition 22 urinals only belonging
to the Council.
Police Court Proceedings.
The list which follows shows particulars of Police Court
proceedings under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during
the year.
The total amount of fines inflicted was £12 3s. od., and the
costs £4 13s. 6d., compared with £2345. od. and £14 7s. od. in 1910.
The majority of the cases were with respect to nuisances or
Contraventions of By-laws, while one was on account of the absence
of a proper supply of water. -
Three cases were for exposing unsound food for sale, and seven
for selling milk without being registered as required by the Dairies,
Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1885.