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Wandsworth 1921

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XXIII.Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1921.

TABLE XXIII.

Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1921.

Clapham.Putney.StreathamTooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
North Ward.South Ward.Streatham Ward.Balham Ward.South field WardFairfield 1 WardSpn'g-fleld Ward
Number of complaints received and attended to53548553180165710435164225735563
Number of houses and premises inspected34372531280646353917427327612040386230262
Number of houses and premises re-inspected42121778210023562999314428243736238425533
Number of house-to-house inspections6313061421812472203914331402691
Number of preliminary notices served125672873294610838591242102710788951
Ditto complied with10373717241031119392899490711388323
Number of statutory notices served21257535919837157781611012
Ditto complied with1483553421986215288184962
Notices served for periodical removal of manure1.........1............2
Number of rooms disinfected after infective diseases5194555117957758413474686295340
Bedding stoved2463352884295174672691914743216
Overcrowding abated443...2272630
Rooms cleansed and repaired1761129483113551812130915951550128412791
Staircases cleansed & repaired2752501443853612043373712392566
Drains cleansed and repaired7012170831071228084124861
Drains tested7784293315613552453685364124015
Drains found defective655012168574341824378
Traps fixed to drains101116185023227229
Bath, lavatory & sink wastes altered to discharge outside over gullies or repaired4462596158497287100592
Rain water pipes disconnected from drains......1723...6...4270
Water closets cleansed and repaired2493021812634431603413163482603
Water closets, separate supply of water laid on to...............1.........1
Accumulations of manure, etc. removed524147953228723235
Urinals cleansed, repaired or water laid on to9271341543259
Cesspools abolished............1............1
Ashpits provided or repaired173111971501931381841391701355
Dust complaints received. 8196126166431515209
Stables and stables yards drained, paved or cleansed53224929231592
Yards drained, paved or cleansed8211797628879154102152933
Unwholesome or dilapidated houses cleansed or repaired47455121394207
Leaky roofs & gutters repaired2632211392431521492052531831808
Damp courses inserted40282246238661215260
Damp conditions remedied17110954347821002082851171473
Houses re-supplied with water89191911104716103
Water cisterns cleansed, covered or repaired133424492036342961300
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance5691392011921103
Smoke nuisances reported1...11...............3
Soil pipes repaired91224141191912.10120
Unclassified nuisances108184121240 I94902244852381784