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Wandsworth 1920

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XXII.Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1920.

TABLE XXII.

Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1920.

Clapham.Putney.itrkath amTooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
North WardSouth Ward.Streat ham Ward.Bal-ham I WardSouth field WareFair field . WarrSpri'g field Ward
Number of complaints received and attended to6333746025355788227023516565253
Number of houses and premises inspected47603181423066346971610345272842556244810
Number of houses and premise re-inspected30591484351126104445422023452672284427190
Number of house-to-house inspections4302212331935277502434702813348
Number of preliminary notices served9666178719991204167283053714259121
Ditto complied with7313189288071196125584778311327997
Number of statutory notices served1062372522059213297190969
Ditto complied with48178153147577657170706
Notices served for periodica] removal of manure..................1...89
Number of rooms disinfected after infective diseases4335435389438807277075237726066
Bedding stoved2303322515433993632751813742948
Overcrowding abated31425781242
Rooms cleansed and repaired1739747138812521642194113211225205113306
Staircases cleansed & repaired3071662452614075462231334462734
Drains cleansed and repaired94897322615031346202541265
Drains tested6281962955335487385326468344950
Drains found defective44718847274302932390
Traps fixed to drains3938102933562207
Bath, lavatory & sink wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies or repaired9329885965785240124628
Rain water pipes disconnected from drains1532833816774
Water closets cleansed and repaired1531343682574133851512143302405
Water closets, separate supply of water laid on to............11.........2
Accumulations of manure, etc. removed2716354822199831215
Urinals cleansed, repaired or water laid on to1519853......950
Cesspools abolished..............................
Ashpits provided or repaired1701081401662582381741922491695
Dust complaints received9241375121101085152463
Stables and stables yards drained, paved or cleansed2617257152227112
Yards drained, paved or cleansed191781629712325266861411196
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed or repaired...710463.........30
Leaky roofs & gutters repaired3282001752422212351722602172050
Damp courses inserted1305533363452254215422
Damp conditions remedied3541441593281321981432581691885
Houses re-supplied with water622011715 17...876
Water cisterns cleansed, covered or repaired362685612933221364369
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance2766171369615105
Smoke nuisances reported553417
Soil pipes repaired23527222120141119162
Unclassified nuisances281117310178138320681301461688