[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon].

  • Wimbledon (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1898?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15 as far as the houses complained of were concerned. I spoke strongly on the subject of overcrowding in my last year's report. This is due chiefly to the very high rents demanded by owners of Cottage Property. It is a usual thing for the owner to put up his rents after being called on by the Council to carry out some necessary sanitary improvement. A house to-house inspection should be made with a view to taking action against the owners of overcrowded houses. This would probably have the effect of having the rents reduced, and so placing them within the means of a single family. For some reason there has been a large influx of poor persons from Battersea; whether the lavish distribution of charity in the district during the winter months has anything to do with it I cannot say. Dairies The Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops have been inspected. There are 42 of these premises in the District, three having been registered during the year. A Cowshed, containing 50 cows, was abolished, as being unfit for the purpose of cow-keeping, and the cows were removed to a shed outside this District. Milkmen supplying houses in which cases of infectious disease occurred were cautioned against leaving milk tins at such houses, and were instructed to have the occupiers' jugs left outside the doors, and the milk poured into the jugs without bringing the cans into contact with them. Slaughter Houses. The Slaughter Houses have been inspected at intervals and found to be kept in accordance with the bye-laws. There are only six of these premises in the District, and none of them are much used. Bakehouses. The Bakehouses, 22 in number, were examined during the year. A bakehouse in Hartfield Road, which is under