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130 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The total number of houses where the drains were reconstructed
during the year was 121: 20 in Clapham, four in Putney, 55 in
Streatham, five in Tooting, and 37 in Wandsworth.
During the year 3,218 drains of houses were tested by the
Sanitary Inspectors, 909 in Clapham, 230 in Putney, 767 in
Streatham, 202 in Tooting, and 1,110 in Wandsworth, and 389 or
12.0 per cent. were found to be defective. Of the 389 found
defective, 45 or 11.6 per cent. were in Clapham, 92 or 2.38 per cent.
in Putney, 103 or 26.4 per cent. in Streatham, 64 or 16.4 per cent.
in Tooting, and 85 or 21.8 per cent. in Wandsworth.
367 accumulations of manure were removed after service of
notice, compared with 329 in 1914: 54 in Clapham, 44 in Putney,
108 in Streatham, 116 in Tooting, and 45 in Wandsworth. There
has been an increase in the number of cases dealt with in Clapham,
Streatham, and Tooting, and a decrease in Putney and Wandsworth.
Two notices were served for the periodical removal of manure
every 48 hours, compared with three in 1914, 15 in 1913, and eight
in 1912.
The number of water closets cleansed and repaired was 1,432,
compared with 1,511 in 1914. The greatest number of these were
in Balham and Springfield Wards, and the smallest in Clapham
South and Southfield Wards.
455 drinking water cisterns were cleansed, covered or repaired :
70 in Clapham, 13 in Putney, 85 in Streatham, 84 in Tooting, and
203 in Wandsworth, compared with 412 in 1914.
75 premises were inspected and notices served where animals
were kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance. Six of these were
in Clapham, none in Putney, 18 in Streatham, 20 in Tooting, and
31 in Wandsworth. This nuisance was most common in Tooting
and Springfield Wards, and the animals kept were chiefly ducks and
hens.