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Wandsworth 1922

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: HOUSING, TOWN PLANNING, &c., ACT, 1909.Table XLVIII.

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

Table XLVIII.

WardsNo. of houses inspected.No. of houses in which defects were found.Percentage of defects to houses inspected.Number of Families Living in
One room.Two rooms.Three rooms.Four rooms and upwards.
Clapham, North868497.6732522757
Clapham, South26223790.4581932233
Putney40839296.073441252215
Streatham68654178.863797430581
Balham48743889.9399177277417
Tooting32730593.27375270281
Southfield22817677.19562579173
Fairfield675582.092511445
Springfield16313079.7556545084
Whole Borough ..2,7142,35886.883845281,2211,986

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The cases of overcrowding were in Peardon Street, Milford
Street, The Polygon, Kirkby Street, Saxby Street, Carpenter's
Cottages, Haselrigge Road and Cambray Road, Clapham ; Gladwyn
Road, Pentlow Street, Angel Court, Bendemere Road, Sefton Street
and Ashlone Road, Putney ; Welham Road, Colmer Road, Kettering
Street, Martindale Road and Hereward Road, Streatham ; Blackshaw
Road, Graveney Road, Maybury Street and Fountain Road,
Tooting ; Astonville Street, Lavenham Road, Burr Road, Guelph
Street and Lydden Grove, Wandsworth.
All house-to-house inspections under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, are carried out as if these were inspections under Section 17
of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909, and the results
recorded on a special card which was drawn up in 1910 and has been
in use since that date. This method has been found to work most
satisfactorily. Where nuisances are found, notices are served