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Wimbledon 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Sanitary Inspection of District.- The following is a statement showing tho number ahd; nature of inspections made for tho year 1941.
| Reason of Visit | No. |
|---|---|
| Infectious Disoases | 548 |
| House Inspections | 3074 |
| Inspections under Housing Acts 1936 | 27 |
| Houso to House Inspections | - |
| Rant Act Inspections | 3 |
| Houses Let in Lodgings Inspections | - |
| Inspection of Factories, Workshops, Work- | 118 |
| Dairies and Cowsheds Inspections | 51 |
| Inspections under Shops Acts | 22 |
| Application of Tests to Drains | 85 |
| Inspections under Diseases of Animals' Acts | 41 |
| Obtaining Samples of Foods and Drugs | 255 |
| Miscellaneous (including Inspections of Food, slaughterhouses, mews, stables, caravans, Petroleum Acts, water supply, piggeries, | 2626 |
| Total | 6850 |
Notices Served.Six hundred and seventy-one preliminary notices
or intimations were served during the year.
It was found necessary to serve one hundred and fifty statutory
Notices.
House Inspection.- The following table gives a summary of the nuisances abated and the sanitary improvements carried out, together with the defects remedied, as a result of house to house inspection under the supervision of tho Sanitary Inspectors:-
| 29 | |
| Cisterns provided | - |
| Cisterns repairedf cleansed or covered.. | 5 |
| Drains, now, provided | 21 |
| Drainago systems made wator-tight b;,' patent process | 3 |
| Drains, repaired or altered | 30 |
| Drains, stoppages removed | 31 |
| Dustbins provided | 57 |
| Flushing cisterns, new, provided | 3 |
| Flushing cisterns repaired | 37 |
| Manure receptacles provided | - |
| Rain-water pipes disconnected | 1 |
| Roofs repaired | 192 |
| Rooms stripped and cleansed | 298 |
| Verminous rooms cleansed | 23 |
| Soilpipes, new, provided | 4 |
| Soilpipes, repaired or altered | - |
| Vent pipes, new, provided | 6 |
| Vent pipos, repaired or altered | 9 |
| Waste pipos, new, provided | 9 |
| Waste pipes, repaired, disconnected or trapped | 11 |
| Water-closets,new,provided | 29 |
| Water-closets, repaired or ventilated | 10 |
| Water services restored | 19 |
| Water supply direct from main | 4 |
| Yards paved | 6 |
| Yaeds repaired | 25 |
| Grttering repaired | 87 |
| Floors ventilated | 9 |
| Nuisances from damp walls abated | 185 |
| Sinks provided | 2 |
| Other nuisances | 792 |
| Rooms disinfected | 356 |
| Total | 2293 |
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