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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Legal proceedings were taken against two owners for failure to
comply with abatement notices. Orders were made by the Court
in both cases for the work to be carried out within twenty eight days.
House Inspection.
The following table gives a summary of the nuisances abated and the sanitary improvements carried out, together with the defects remedied under the supervision of the sanitary inspectors:—
| Accumulations removed | 66 |
| Cisterns provided | 14 |
| Cisterns repaired, cleansed or covered | 9 |
| Drains, new, provided | 43 |
| Drains, repaired or altered | 142 |
| Drains, stoppages removed | 207 |
| Dustbins provided | 338 |
| Flushing cisterns, new, provided | 14 |
| Flushing cisterns, repaired | 128 |
| Rain-water pipes disconnected | 10 |
| Roofs repaired | 414 |
| Rooms stripped and cleansed | 543 |
| Verminous rooms cleansed | 54 |
| Soilpipes, new, provided | 4 |
| Soilpipes, repaired or altered | 5 |
| Vent pipes, new, provided | 4 |
| Vent pipes, repaired or altered | 9 |
| Waste pipes, new, provided | 17 |
| Waste pipes, repaired, disconnected or trapped | 31 |
| Water-closets, new, provided | 131 |
| Water-closets, repaired or ventilated | 44 |
| Water services restored | 79 |
| Water supply direct from main | 6 |
| Yards paved | 4 |
| Yards repaired | 6 |
| Guttering repaired | 185 |
| Floors ventilated | 31 |
| Nuisances from damp walls abated | 361 |
| Sinks provided | 47 |
| Other nuisances remedied | 2,355 |
| Rooms disinfected | 374 |
| Total | 5,675 |