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 | 67 |
Ashpits Provided | 94 |
Ashpits Repaired | 4 |
Accumulations Removed | 23 |
Bakehouses Cleansed | 2 |
Cisterns Provided | 9 |
Cisterns Cleansed | 9 |
Cisterns Repaired | 67 |
Corpses Removed | 5 |
Drains, New, Provided | 160 |
Drains, Repaired and Altered | 22 |
Flushing Boxes, New, Provided | 213 |
Flushing Boxes, Repaired | 14 |
Guttering and Spouting Provided | 19 |
Guttering and Spouting Repaired | 53 |
Houses Disinfected | 122 |
Houses Cleaned and Whitewashed | 34 |
Houses, Sites Concreted | 4 |
Manure Pits Provided ... | 4 |
Overcrowding Nuisances Abated | 5 |
R.W. Pipes Provided, Disconnected and Repaired | 221 |
Roofs, Leaky, Repaired | 21 |
Soil Pipes Ventilated and Altered | 58 |
Urinals, Water laid on, Cleansed, &c. | 4 |
Ventilating Pipes, New, Provided | 168 |
Ventilating Pipes, Repaired ... | 15 |
Waste Pipes, Disconnected, Trapped and Repaired | 128 |
Water Closets, Container Pattern, Removed | 8 |
Water Closets, Repaired and Ventilated | 14 |
Water Closets, New, Provided | 232 |
Yards Cleansed | 3 |
Yards Paved | 74 |
Total | 1876 |