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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The number of complaints received and attended to was 2,528,
compared with 2,076 in 1911, 1,789 in 1910, and 1,692 in 1909.
There was an increase in Clapham South, Putney, Streatham,
Balham, Southfield, Fairfield, and Springfield Wards, and a decrease
in Clapham North and Tooting Wards, compared with the previous
year.
Four of these complaints were made to the London County
Council, and these were at once attended to.
The number of houses and premises inspected was 36,316, an
increase of 4,343 compared with 1911, and of 6,385 compared with
1910.
There was an increase in the number of houses and premises
inspected in Clapham North and South. Streatham, Balham,
Tooting, Fairfield and Springfield Wards, and a decrease in Putney
and Southfield Wards.
The total number of house-to-house inspections made was
2,674, compared with 2,486 in 1911, 6,276 in 1910, 7,007 in 1909,
5,575 in 1908, and 5,718 in 1907. There has been an increase in
the number of these inspections in Clapham North, Putney,
Streatham, Tooting, Southfield and Springfield Wards, and a
decrease in Clapham South, Balham, and Fairfield Wards, compared
with 1911.
Although the number of these inspections is lower than the
average of the five previous years, yet there has been an increase
of 188 compared with 1911, and it will be noted that the total
number of inspections has increased by 4,343.