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Wandsworth 1922

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

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80 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Table XLV.—Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during
the Year 1922.
-
Clapham.
Putney.
Streatham.
Tooting.
Wandsworth.
Whole
Borough.
North
Ward.
South
Ward.
Streatham
Ward.
Balham
Ward.
Southfield
Ward.
Fairfield
Ward.
Springfield
Ward.
Number of complaints
received and attended
to
494
499
474
859
671
897
546
288
488
5,216
Number of houses and
premises inspected
3,053
2,323
3,154
4,720
4,105
3,684
3,184
2,136
4,077
30,436
Number of houses and
premises re-inspected
1,954
2,953
3,520
4,204
3,364
3,398
2,610
1,950
2,068
26,021
Number of house-tohouse
inspections
86
262
408
686
487
327
228
67
163
2,714
Number of preliminary
notices served
695
681
991
1,295
1,087
1,015
847
521
1,028
8,160
Number of preliminary
notices complied
with
664
745
946
1,312
1,092
845
829
552
903
7,888
Number of statutory
notices served
107
113
79
76
93
85
97
45
126
821
Number of statutory
notices complied with
80
93
74
59
89
30
88
47
123
683
Notices served for
periodical removal
of manure
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Number of rooms disinfected
after infective
diseases
581
365
437
691
743
781
481
494
981
5,554
Bedding stoved
218
228
210
289
323
283
302
164
429
2,446
Overcrowding abated
8
3
10
3
4
15
3
..
2
48
Rooms cleansed and
repaired
875
819
1,290
1,979
1,912
1,381
954
746
1,356
11,312
Staircases cleansed and
repaired
113
292
296
447
395
299
203
184
348
2,577
Drains cleansed and
repaired
47
98
126
92
95
87
96
51
92
784
Drains tested
270
184
515
794
306
281
395
208
554
3,507
Drains found defective
35
14
51
32
76
70
42
24
79
423
Traps fixed to drains
30
54
12
7
32
4
8
..
..
147
Bath. lavatory and
sink wastes altered
to discharge outside
over gullies or
repaired
22
34
73
59
69
50
48
33
95
483
Rain water pipes disconnected
from
drains
3
..
9
..
6
..
..
1
5
24
Water closets cleansed
and repaired
132
243
208
331
396
237
145
187
256
2,135