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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. 35

Table: HOUSING, TOWN PLANNING, &c., ACT, 1909. TABLE XXV.

HOUSING, TOWN PLANNING, &c., ACT, 1909. TABLE XXV.

Wards.No. of houses inspectedNo. of houses in which defects were found.Percentage of defects to houses inspectedNumber of Families living in
One room.Two rooms.Three rooms.Four rooms and upwards.
Clapham, North43042899.5332103207294
Clapham, South22120693.21121888183
Putney233233100.002585161112
Streatham19318495.332663144112
Balham52749393.5458146445361
Tooting75068491.203875380606
Southfield243214.88.064218137161
Fairfield47038281.278344209327
Springfield28126795.022461149195
Whole Borough3,3483,09192.323406131,9202,351

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The cases of overcrowding were in Cambray Road, Heath
Road, Nursery Street, and Park Place, Clapham; Lutheran
Place, Natal Road, Zennor Road, Leverson Street, Streatham;
in Letchworth Street, and Trevelyan Road, Tooting; in Brathway
Road, Camborne Road, Point Pleasant, Lavenham Road,
Coliston Road, Bridgefield Grove, Bramford Road, York Road,
Inman Road, Ald'ren Road, Ca.rgill Road, Bendon Valley, Capern
Road, Burtop Road, Garratt Lane, Aslett Street, Malva Road,
and Lydden Grove, Wandsworth.
55 notices of reconstruction of drains were sent to the
Borough Engineer from this Department: 17 in Clapham, four
in Putney, 13 in Streatham, five in Tooting, and 16 in Wandsworth,