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Wimbledon 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Borough of Wimblebon.
SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SANITARY INSPECTOR
FOR THE
Year ended 31st December, 1920.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of Wimbledon.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit to you my Report of the work carried
out in my Department for the year ended 31st December,
1920. Table V. gives a summary in detail of the various
nuisances abated and sanitary improvements effected.
Notices Served.— One thousand and fifty-two Preliminary
Notices or intimations were served during the year in respect
of 1,452 houses. It was only found necessary to serve 87
Statutory Notices upon the owners or occupiers of 97 houses.
In one instance only the owner failed, after repeated
informal requests, to comply with the Statutory Notice requiring
the remedying of certain nuisances. As a consequence,
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