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Wandsworth 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1981
Underground Rooms.
There are 55 underground rooms known to be in illegal
occupation at the present time and notices have been served,
but owing to the difficulty of the occupiers in finding other
accommodation no further action can be taken at the present
time.
House-to-House Inspections.
The results of these inspections are shown in Table
XXXVIII. 2,731 inspections were made compared with 2,957
in 1930, 1,515 in 1929, and 989 in 1928, and nuisances necessitating
the service of sanitary notices were found in 2,142 of the houses.

Table: TABLE XXXVIII.

TABLE XXXVIII.

Wards.No. of houses inspected.No. of houses in which defects, were found.Number of Families Living in:—
One room.Two rooms.Three rooms.Four rooms and upwards
Clapham North199195569271123
Clapham South12411120273283
Putney4643102760213292
Balham64752133105454386
Streatham3231913370111233
Tooting4453802755132327
Southfield90599168437
Fairfield202196335214871
Springfield2371791848152130
Whole Borough2,7312,14226152313971682

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Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Act, 1923.
39 applications for Certificates were received during the
year. On inspection it was found that all the premises except
two were not reasonably fit for human habitation.
Three of them were put in a reasonable state of repair before
the meeting of the Committee at which the Certificate would
have been granted, and one application for a certificate was withdrawn.
Of the 33 premises in respect of which Certificates were
granted, one tenant removed, and 32 were rendered reasonably
fit during the year.