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 the work carried out under the
supervision of Mr. Mayne, the Sanitary Inspector:—
Animals Removed 42
Ashpits Provided 83
Accumulations Removed 79
Bakehouses Cleansed 1
Cisterns Provided 8
Cisterns Cleansed 15
Cisterns Repaired 49
Corpses Removed 5
Drains, New Provided 142
Drains, Repaired and Altered 17
Flushing Boxes, New Provided 217
Flushing Boxes Repaired 20
Guttering and Spouting Provided 19
Guttering and Spouting Repaired 61
Houses Disinfected 155
Houses Cleansed and Whitewashed 34
Houses, Sites Concreted 24
Houses, Water laid on 4
Manure Pits Provided 2
Overcrowding Nuisances Abated 9
R. W. Pipes Provided, Disconnected, and Repaired 196
Roofs Leaky, Repaired 44
Smoke Nuisances Abated 3
Soil Pipes, New Provided 70
Urinals, Water laid on, Cleansed, etc. 3
Ventilating Pipes, New, Provided 184
Ventilating Pipes Repaired 7
Waste Pipes, Disconnected, Trapped and Repaired 195
Water Closets, Container Pattern, Removed 6
Water Closets, Repaired and Ventilated 5
Water Closets, New Provided 225
Yards Cleansed 13
Yards Paved 68
Total 1995