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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| Inspections under The Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 | 2,707 |
| Smoke Observations | 33 |
| Miscellaneous Inspections (including visits to Nursing Homes, Caravans, Piggeries, Stables, Hairdressers' premises and Watercourses) | 1,158 |
| Total | 16,775 |
| Preliminary notices or intimations | 2,259 |
| Statutory Notices | 566 |
Result of Service of Notices.
(a) Legal proceedings.
As a result of non-compliance with abatement notices legal proceedings
were started in nine cases. In seven instances nuisance
orders were made, and in the remaining two cases the summonses were
withdrawn as the work had been started. The costs awarded amounted
to £15. 14s. 6d.
(b) Work carried out in default.
Two dustbins were supplied by the Corporation in default of the
owners.
The Corporation executed necessary works to abate nuisances in
four cases where nuisance orders had been made by the Court but
had not been complied with by the owners.
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 :—
| Drains, new, provided | 10 |
| Drains, altered or repaired | 111 |
| Drains, cleared | 114 |
| Fresh air inlets, provided or repaired | 8 |
| Gullies, new, provided | — |
| Gullies, curbs, provided or repaired | 6 |
| Gutters, repaired or renewed | 184 |
| Inspection chambers, new, provided | 9 |
| Inspection chambers, altered or repaired | 8 |
| Rainwater pipes, repaired or cleared | 42 |
| Rainwater pipes, disconnected | 8 |
| Soil and vent pipes, new, provided | 5 |
| Soil and vent pipes, repaired | 29 |
| Waste pipes, new, provided | 5 |