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Wandsworth 1915

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Overcrowding, 1915:—
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded40
Number remedied40
Number of prosecutions
Underground rooms:—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year13
Number of rooms closed
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891_
Number closed under the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909_
Number of premises cleansed under Sec. 20 of the L.C.C. General Powers Act, 1904241
Shelters provided under Sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891—
Number of persons accommodated during the year2
Revenue Acts:—
Number of houses for which applications were received during year20
Number of tenements comprised therein42
Number of tenements for which certificates were :
(a) granted32
(b) refused10
(c) deferred-
Number of prosecutions under By-laws under Public Health Act, 1891—
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow, ice, salt, filth, etc.
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive matter running out of any manufactory, etc._
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such a manner as to be injurious to health_
(d) As to paving of yards, etc., of dwelling houses ..-