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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 1896

[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 Removed67
Ashpits Provided94
Ashpits Repaired4
Accumulations Removed23
Bakehouses Cleansed2
Cisterns Provided9
Cisterns Cleansed9
Cisterns Repaired67
Corpses Removed5
Drains, New, Provided160
Drains, Repaired and Altered22
Flushing Boxes, New, Provided213
Flushing Boxes, Repaired14
Guttering and Spouting Provided19
Guttering and Spouting Repaired53
Houses Disinfected122
Houses Cleaned and Whitewashed34
Houses, Sites Concreted4
Manure Pits Provided ...4
Overcrowding Nuisances Abated5
R.W. Pipes Provided, Disconnected and Repaired221
Roofs, Leaky, Repaired21
Soil Pipes Ventilated and Altered58
Urinals, Water laid on, Cleansed, &c.4
Ventilating Pipes, New, Provided168
Ventilating Pipes, Repaired ...15
Waste Pipes, Disconnected, Trapped and Repaired128
Water Closets, Container Pattern, Removed8
Water Closets, Repaired and Ventilated14
Water Closets, New, Provided232
Yards Cleansed3
Yards Paved74
Total1876