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

  • Wimbledon (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1896?]
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    16 SANITARY WORK. The nuisances dealt with are summarized in Table 1. The drains of 162 houses and premises have been entirely reconstructed and laid to stand the water-test, with manholes for inspection purposes and efficient inlet and outlet ventilation. The following blocks of houses have been re-drained, the main drains were put in in most cases by the District Council at their own cost. Nos. 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, Durham Road. „ 1, 3, 5, Wandle Road. „ 6, 7, 8, 9, The Pavement, Haydon's Road. „ 69, 71, 73, 75, 79, Deburgh Road. „ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Lancaster Place. „ 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, Pelham Road. „ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Railway Place. „ 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, Milton Road. „ 29, 31, 33, Merton Road. „ 1, 3, 5, Effra Road. „ 19, 21, 23, South Road. „ 50, 52, 54, Hubert Road. „ 57, 59, 61, Hartfield Crescent. „ 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71,73, Palmerston Road. „ 115,117, 119,121,123,125,127,129,131, 133,135,137,139, 141, 143, Russell Road, besides these several pairs of houses have beeu re-drained and many single ones. There has been little trouble in getting the necessary work done in the cottage properties, as most of the owners recognise the necessity of sound drainage, and now that the Council are compelled to put in the main drains at their own expense, property owners more willingly carry out the notices served upon them. I may mention that an improvement is about to be effected in the block of 35 houses between the Broadway and Hartfield Road. These houses at present drain into a defective sewer at