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218 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The total number of houses where the drains were reconstructed
during the year was 217 : 40 in Clapham, 15 in Putney,
81 in Streatham, 13 in Tooting, and 68 in Wandsworth.
During the year 3,823 drains of houses were tested by the
Sanitary Inspectors, 756 in Clapham, 179 in Putney, 1,251 in
Streatham, 355 in Tooting, and 1,282 in Wandsworth, and 364 or
9.5 per cent, were found to be defective. Of the 364 found defective
60 or eight per cent, were in Clapham, 10 or six per cent, in Putney,
121 or 9.6 per cent, in Streatham, 60 or 16.9 per cent, in Tooting,
and 113 or 8.9 per cent, in Wandsworth.
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289 accumulations of manure were removed after service of
notice, compared with 316 in 1912 : 56 in Clapham, 24 in Putney,
133 in Streatham, 36 in Tooting, and 40 in Wandsworth. There
has been an increase in the number of cases dealt with in Streatham
and Tooting, and a decrease in Clapham, Putney, and Wandsworth.
15 notices were served for the periodical removal of manure
every 48 hours, compared with eight in 1912,12 in 1911, and 38 in
1910.
The number of water closets cleansed and repaired was 1,764,
compared with 1,694 in 1912. The greatest number of these were
in Balham and Springfield Wards, and the smallest in Tooting and.
Southfield Wards.
527 drinking water cisterns were cleansed, covered or repaired :
197 in Clapham, 39 in Putney, 102 in Streatham, 31 in Tooting, and
158 in Wandsworth, compared with 445 in 1912.
107 premises were inspected and notices served where animals
were kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance. 16 of these were,
in Clapham, three in Putney, 26 in Streatham, 13 in Tooting,
and 49 in Wandsworth. This nuisance was most common in
Springfield Ward, and the animals kept were chiefly ducks and hens.