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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 1893

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: TABLE 1.The following is a Summary of the Nuisances complained of and inspected during the year, and carried out under the supervision of Mr. Mayne, the Sanitary Inspector.

TABLE 1.

The following is a Summary of the Nuisances complained of and inspected during the year, and carried out under the supervision of Mr. Mayne, the Sanitary Inspector.

Animals Removed55
Ashpits Provided69
Ashpits Repaired29
Accumulations Removed47
Bakehouses Cleansed3
Bakehouse Repaired1
Cisterns Provided7
Cisterns Cleansed Throughout district generally
Cisterns Repaired49
Corpses Removed7
Drains, New, Provided155
Drains, Repaired and Altered45
Flushing Boxes, New, Provided58
Flushing Boxes, Repaired46
Guttering and Spouting Provided13
Guttering and Spouting Repaired40
Houses Disinfected267
Houses Cleaned and Whitewashed38
Houses, Sites Concreted6
Manure Pits Provided12
Overcrowding Nuisances abated4
R.W. Pipes Provided, Disconnected, and Repaired82
Roofs, Leaky, Repaired33
Soil Pipes Ventilated and Altered29
Urinals, Water Laid on, Cleansed, &c.5
Ventilating Pipes, New, Provided131
Ventilating Pipes, Repaired17
Waste Pipes, Disconnected, Trapped and Repaired41
Water Closets, Container Pattern, Removed38
Water Closets, Repaired and Ventilated54
Water Closets, New, Provided63
Yards cleansed2
Yards Paved7
Total1453