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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wimbledon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: The following table gives a summary of the nuisances abated and the sanitary improvements carried out, together with the defects remedied, as the result of house-to-house inspection under the supervision of the Sanitary Inspectors:—

The following table gives a summary of the nuisances abated and the sanitary improvements carried out, together with the defects remedied, as the result of house-to-house inspection under the supervision of the Sanitary Inspectors:—

Cisterns provided12
Cisterns repaired, cleansed or covered22
Drains, new, provided56
Drainage systems made water-tight by patent process15
Drains, repaired or altered6G
Drains, stoppages removed52
Dustbins provided281
Flushing cisterns, new, provided51
Flushing cisterns repaired104
Manure receptacles provided1
Rain-water pipes disconnected9
Roofs repaired334
Rooms stripped and cleansed1,448
Verminous rooms cleansed45
Soilpipes, new, provided17
Soilpipes, repaired or altered2
Vent pipes, new, provided18
Vent pipes, repaired or altered40
Waste pipes, new, provided88
Waste pipes, repaired, disconnected or trapped55
Water-closets, new, provided118
Water-closets, repaired or ventilated19
Water services restored21
Yards paved39
Yards repaired108
Guttering repaired176
Floors ventilated48
Nuisances from damp walls abated428
Water supply tap direct from main5
Sinks provided60
Rooms fumigated468
Other nuisances2,861
Total7,101

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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
eighty-six visits of inspection were made to these premises
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