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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 1895

[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 Removed233
Ashpits Provided134
Ashpits Repaired3
Accumulations Removed37
Bakehouses Cleansed1
Cisterns Provided3
Cisterns Cleansed Throughout district genei-ally
Cisterns Repaired35
Corpses Removed5
Drains, New, Provided162
Drains, Repaired and Altered27
Flushing Boxes, New, Provided171
Flushing Boxes, Repaired40
Guttering and Spouting Provided37
Guttering and Spouting Repaired33
Houses, Water Laid on116
Houses Disinfected87
Houses Cleaned and Whitewashed3
Houses, Sites Concreted8
Manure Pits Provided4
Overcrowding Nuisances Abated5
R.W. Pipes Provided, Disconnected, and Repaired222
Roofs, Leaky, Repaired25
Smoke Nuisances Abated3
Soil Pipes Ventilated and Altered49
Urinals, Water Laid on, Cleansed, &c.9
Ventilating Pipes, New Provide153
Ventilating Pipes, Repaired20
Waste Pipes, Disconnected, Trapped and Repaired110
Water Closets, Container Pattern, Removed6
Water Closets, Repaired and Ventilated4
Water Closets, New, Provided216
Yards Cleansed4
Yards Paved89
2,054