London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Wimbledon 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Accumulations removed 39
Cisterns provided 12
Cisterns repaired, cleansed or covered 19
Drains, new, provided 42
Drainage systems made water-tight by
patent process 17
Drains, repaired or altered 63
Drains, stoppages removed 49
Dustbins provided 168
Flushing cisterns, new, provided 36
Flushing cisterns repaired 48
Manure receptacles provided
Rain-water pipes disconnected 2
Roofs repaired 237
Rooms stripped and cleansed 1,022
Verminous rooms cleansed 73
Soilpipes, new, provided 20
Soilpipes, repaired or altered 4
Vent pipes, new, provided 9
Vent pipes, repaired or altered 13
Waste pipes, new, provided 87
Waste pipes, repaired, disconnected or
trapped 36
Water-closets, new, provided 89
Water-closets, repaired or ventilated 18
Water services restored 37
Yards paved 26
Yards repaired 59
Guttering repaired 118
Floors ventilated 12
Nuisances from damp walls abated 308
Water supply tap direct from main 9
Sinks provided 47
Rooms fumigated 507
Other nuisances 1,777
Total 5,003
Houses-Let-in-Lodgings.—There are now sixty-nine of
these houses on the register. Some of them require constant
supervision by the Sanitary Inspectors and for this reason
two hundred and thirty-five visits of inspection were made
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