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190 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The total number of houses where the drains were reconstructed
during the year was 192 : 54 in Clapham, 10 in Putney, 76 in
Streatham, 12 in Tooting, and 40 in Wandsworth.
During the year 3,539 drains of houses were tested by the
Sanitary Inspectors, 884 in Clapham, 266 in Putney, 1,182 in
Streatham, 199 in Tooting, and 1,008 in Wandsworth, and 473 or
13.3 per cent. were found to be defective. Of the 473 found
defective, 44 or five per cent. were in Clapham, 36 or 13.5 per cent.
in Putney, 208 or 17.6 per cent. in Streatham, 81 or 40.7 per cent.
in Tooting, and 104 or 10.3 per cent. in Wandsworth.
329 accumulations of manure were removed after service of
notice, compared with 289 in 1913 : 40 in Clapham, 50 in Putney,
86 in Streatham, 67 in Tooting, and 86 in Wandsworth. There
has been an increase in the number of cases dealt with in Putney,
Streatham, Tooting, and Wandsworth, and a decrease in Clapham
and Streatham.
Three notices were served for the periodical removal of manure
every 48 hours, compared with 15 in 1913, eight in 1912, and 12 in
1911.
The number of water closets cleansed and repaired was 1,511,
compared with 1,764 in 1913. The greatest number of these were
in Balham and Springfield Wards, and the smallest in Putney and
Southfield Wards.
412 drinking water cisterns were cleansed, covered or repaired:
100 in Clapham, 17 in Putney, 138 in Streatham, 42 in Tooting, and
115 in Wandsworth, compared with 527 in 1913.
105 premises were inspected and notices served where animals
were kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance. Four of these
were in Clapham, four in Putney, 28 in Streatham, 12 in Tooting,
and 57 in Wandsworth. This nuisance was most common in
Fairfield and Springfield Wards, and the animals kept were chiefly
ducks and hens,