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Wandsworth 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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202 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XCII.Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1913.

TABLE XCII.

Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1913.

Clapham.Putney.StreathamTooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
North Ward.South Ward.Streatham Ward.Balham Ward.South field Ward.Fairfield Ward.Spri'g field Ward.
Number of complaints received and attended to2313041124212872562212143482394
Number of houses and premises inspected47532941468452074776448141552902490438803
Number of houses and premises re-inspected10141694106235373124148713981738257617630
Number of house - to - house inspections398203477324492962362302832739
Number of preliminary notices served686568449885106151540473110066305
Ditto complied with68654938890796145142861210065988
Number of statutory notices served16201121159122725249540
Ditto complied with1522111513695233222515
Notices served for periodical removal of manure............123.........15
Number of rooms disinfected after infective diseases4533212905776417372884226754404
Bedding stoved2271381022102672651581742601801
Overcrowding abated42151054123275
Rooms cleansed and repaired46644632167212363872156609855388
Staircases cleansed and repaired1151296618525952301222491207
Drains cleansed and repaired10011573159205173871031131128
Drains tested4313251794847673553553723553823
Drains found defective342610665560233357364
Traps fixed to drains317621519421113...209
Bath, lavatory and sink wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies or repaired...2529494227157142300
Rain water pipes disconnected from drains...............16...1017
Water closets cleansed and repaired181173128208345105992302951764
Water closets, separate supply of water laid on to............21.........3
Accumulations of manure, etc.. removed193724755836111019289
Urinals cleansed, repaired or water laid on to6...8714258252
Cesspools abolished...2...2............26
Ashpits provided or repaired798618713214578931101421052
Dust complaints received404271804326812664473
Stables and stables yards drained, paved or cleansed313316116211065
Yards drained, paved or cleansed5894561941185454144187959
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed or repaired.........236...9223
Leaky roofs and gutters repaired97106551449539199992746
Damp courses inserted25164121692138639384
Damp conditions remedied80513443412873181711231112
Houses re-supplied with water25913143103362
Water cisterns cleansed, covered or repaired621353948543188961527
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance4123l610137834107
Smoke nuisances reported11222......229...57
Soil pipes repaired99141815138249119
Unclassified nuisances137845131730398019019947