London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wandsworth 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Houses disinfected and where necessary cleansed after various
kinds of Fevers 96
Defective drains cleansed and repaired 136
Cesspools abolished 13
Accumulations of Manure removed 14
Dust Bins provided 92
Defective apparatus to water closets repaired 75
Water supply added to closets 17
Water supply added to houses 9
Pig nuisances removed 17
Covers to cisterns provided 42
Obstructions on footpaths removed (Building Material) 5
Dilapidated closets repaired 6
Dilapidated houses repaired 11
No. of houses where separate drainage has been enforced 36
New cisterns provided 12
Overcrowding abated 2
Orders of the Board obtained 24
Summonses 8
Unwholesome moat destroyed 971bs.
W. H. KEMPSTER,
Medical Officer of Health for Eastern Battersea.