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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
Battersea 1899
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1899
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TABLE XXXVI. SUMMARY OF SANITARY OPERATIONS OF THE YEAR.
| Total Sanitary Operations | 73,535 | ||
| House-to-house, &c. | 47,348 | ||
| Bake-houses | 545 | ||
| Urinals | 452 | ||
| Complaints ____ | 3,538 | ||
| Gipsy vans | 86 | ||
| Intimations, &c. | 3,739 | ||
| Notices under Sec. 4 | 1,180 | ||
| „ „ „ 62 and 65 | 1,560 | ||
| Drains Tested by Smoke | 1,425 | ||
| „ „ Water | 7,777 | ||
| Drains Laid to New Houses | 415 | ||
| Drains Relaid to Old Houses | 1,165 | ||
| Drains Cleansed or Repaired | 592 | ||
| Soil-Pipes and Drains Ventilated | 1,208 | ||
| Sink and Rainwater Pipes Disconnected or Repaired | 325 | ||
| Water Closets Cleansed, Repaired or Reconstructed | 295 | ||
| Yards Drained and Paved | 603 | ||
| Mews and Stables Drained and Paved | 8 | ||
| Cesspools Abolished | 4 | ||
| Houses Supplied with Water or Fittings Repaired | 112 | ||
| Water Closets Supplied with Water or Supply Disconnected from Drinking Water Cistern | 685 | ||
| Cisterns Covered, Cleansed or Repaired | 447 | ||
| Certificates of Water Supply granted in respect of New Houses | 408 | ||
| Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | 500 | ||
| Seizures effected in respect of Unsound Food:— | |||
| Fish | 1 | ||
| Meat | 1 | ||
| Fruit | 2 | – | 4 |