Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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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 Removed | 233 |
Ashpits Provided | 134 |
Ashpits Repaired | 3 |
Accumulations Removed | 37 |
Bakehouses Cleansed | 1 |
Cisterns Provided | 3 |
Cisterns Cleansed Throughout district genei-ally | |
Cisterns Repaired | 35 |
Corpses Removed | 5 |
Drains, New, Provided | 162 |
Drains, Repaired and Altered | 27 |
Flushing Boxes, New, Provided | 171 |
Flushing Boxes, Repaired | 40 |
Guttering and Spouting Provided | 37 |
Guttering and Spouting Repaired | 33 |
Houses, Water Laid on | 116 |
Houses Disinfected | 87 |
Houses Cleaned and Whitewashed | 3 |
Houses, Sites Concreted | 8 |
Manure Pits Provided | 4 |
Overcrowding Nuisances Abated | 5 |
R.W. Pipes Provided, Disconnected, and Repaired | 222 |
Roofs, Leaky, Repaired | 25 |
Smoke Nuisances Abated | 3 |
Soil Pipes Ventilated and Altered | 49 |
Urinals, Water Laid on, Cleansed, &c. | 9 |
Ventilating Pipes, New Provide | 153 |
Ventilating Pipes, Repaired | 20 |
Waste Pipes, Disconnected, Trapped and Repaired | 110 |
Water Closets, Container Pattern, Removed | 6 |
Water Closets, Repaired and Ventilated | 4 |
Water Closets, New, Provided | 216 |
Yards Cleansed | 4 |
Yards Paved | 89 |
2,054 |