Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1893
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TABLE XVI. SUMMARY OF SANITARY OPERATIONS, 1893, IN THE WHOLE PARISH.
1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | |
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Total Sanitary operations | ... | ... | ... | ... | 38,779 | 54,577 |
Number of Houses Inspections | 25,115 | 25,386 | 25,100 | 23,213 | 23,587 | 25,091 |
Bakehouses Inspections | ... | ... | ... | ... | 215 | 296 |
Bakehouses Nuisances abated | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18 | |
Urinals Inspections | 11 | 7 | ... | 46 | 251 | 260 |
Notices Served under 18 & 19 Vic. cap. 120 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 120 |
Intimations Served, 54 & 55 Vic. cap. 76 (Sec. 3) | 1,994 | 3,083 | 2,564 | 2,774 | 3,691 | 4,420 |
Notices Served under Sec. 4 | 324 | 298 | 323 | 119 | 921 | 1,211 |
Notices Served under Sec. 62 and 65 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,588 | 2,572 |
Complaints Received & attended to | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,089 |
Number of Houses Disinfected | 361 | 227 | 594 | 940 | 1,227 | |
Houses Supplied with Disinfectants | 2,338 | 1,011 | 2,354 | 2,423 | 3,026 | 5,275 |
Overcrowding Abated | 20 | 35 | 30 | 20 | 34 | 38 |
Premises Cleansed and Repaired | 265 | 210 | 188 | 174 | 189 | 280 |
Drains Tested By Smoke | ... | ... | ... | ... | 700 | 1,491 |
„ Water | ... | ... | ... | ... | 178 | 491 |
Defective Drains Cleansed and Repaired | 820 | 1,061 | 1.493 | 1,048 | 1,107 | 1,564 |
Drains Relaid in accordance with Vestry's Drainage Regulations | ... | ... | ... | ... | 220 | 917 |
Sink & Rain Water Pipes disconnected from drains to discharge | ||||||
over stoneware syphon gulley | 1,021 | 2,017 | 1,764 | 972 | 1,360 | 562 |
Water Closets Cleansed & Repaired | 91 | 179 | 113 | 246 | 237 | 314 |
Cesspools Abolished | 17 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 |
Mews & Stables Drained & Paved | 25 | 7 | ... | 26 | 86 | 30 |
Yards Drained and Paved | 7 | 272 | 344 | 139 | 161 | 253 |
Accumulations of Manure Removed | 24 | 33 | 58 | 43 | 41 | 70 |
Dust Receptacles Provided | 329 | 554 | 517 | 452 | 738 | 772 |
Dust Complaints Received and forwarded to the Surveyor | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 271 |
Leaky House-roofs and Gutters Repaired | 72 | 164 | 198 | 198 | 185 | 84 |
Houses Supplied with Water | 28 | 15 | 40 | 138 | 151 | 130 |
Water Closets Supplied with Water | 920 | 1,749 | 884 | 1,106 | 860 | 731 |
Cisterns Covered, Cleansed and Repaired | 402 | 452 | 299 | 308 | 409 | 469 |
Pig Nuisances Abated | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Keeping of Animals in unfit state | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 |
Smoke Nuisances Reported and | ||||||
dealt with | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 26 |
Certificates of Disinfection Granted | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,044 | 1,659 |
Water Supply Certificate Granted (Sec. 48) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 118 |
Proceedings Ordered by Vestry and Sanitary Committee | 97 | 374 | 413 | 345 | 444 | 1,211 |
Summonses Issued | 23 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 73 |
Magisterial Orders Obtained and Enforced | 23 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 70 |
Sanitary Conveniences provided to Factories and Workshops under Sec. 38 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 8 |
First and second notices after 1891 became Notices under sec. 3 and 4 Public
Health (London) Act.