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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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The number of complaints received and attended to was 2,548,
compared with 2,394 in 1913. 2,528 in 1912, and 2,076 in 1911.
There was an increase in Clapham North and South, Streatham,
Southfield, and Fairfield Wards, and a decrease in Putney, Balham,
Tooting, and Springfield Wards, compared with the previous year.
Three 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 40,004, an
increase of 1,201 compared with 1913, and of 3,668 compared with
1912.
There was an increase in the number of houses and premises
inspected in Clapham North and South, Putney, Balham, Tooting,
Southfield, Fairfield, and Springfield Wards, and a decrease in
Streatham Ward.
The total number of house-to-house inspections made was
2,396, compared with 2,739 in 1913, 2,674 in 1912, and 2,486 in 1911.
There has been an increase in the number of these inspections in
Clapham North, Streatham, and Balham Wards, and a decrease
in Clapham South, Putney, Tooting, Southfield, Fairfield, and
Springfield Wards, compared with 1913.
The number of these inspections has diminished owing to the
changes in the inspectorial staff on account of the war, and the
necessary inspections in some of the sub-districts of premises
occupied by the military.