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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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| Food Condemned and Certificates granted:— | |||
| Fish | 13 | ||
| Meat | 1 | ||
| Fruit, &c. | 6 | – | 20 |
| Urinals Altered, Repaired or Water laid on | 58 | ||
| Structural Improvements effected in Bake-houses or cleansing, &c., carried out | 42 | ||
| Overcrowding Abated | 74 | ||
| Premises Cleansed or Repaired | 1,124 | ||
| Accumulations of Manure, &c., Removed or Proper Receptacles Provided | 58 | ||
| Dust Receptacles Provided | 483 | ||
| Dust Complaints Received | 211 | ||
| Leaky House Roofs and Gutters Repaired | 298 | ||
| Keeping of Animals in Unfit State Discontinued | 18 | ||
| Sanitary Conveniences Provided and other Improvements effected in Factories and Workshops | 5 | ||
| Occupation of Underground Rooms illegally used for sleeping purposes, Discontinued | 6 | ||
| Smoke Nuisances Reported and attended to | 160 | ||
| Premises Disinfected by Fumigation | 1,666 | ||
| Cases after which Steam Disinfection was carried out | 351 | ||
| Houses Supplied with Disinfectants | 7,761 | ||
| House Drains Flushed with Disinfectants after Infectious Disease | 928 | ||
| Infected Bedding and Goods Destroyed and Replaced | 2 | ||
| Infected Library Books Disinfected, or Destroyed and Replaced | 69 | ||
| Public Conveyances Disinfected | 1 | ||
| Certificates of Disinfection Granted | 1,615 | ||
| Proceedings Ordered to be taken if necessary | 2,215 | ||
| Summonses Issued | 142 | ||
| Magisterial Orders obtained | 100 | ||
Note.—This Table does not include a large number of Sanitary
Improvements voluntarily effected by owners, &c., for instance in the
case of Bake-houses, cleansing, &c., is shewn to have been carried out
in 42 instances, whereas that number represents those cases only in
which it was necessary to serve notices, the whole of the Bake-houses
in the Parish having been cleansed at least twice during the year,
representing more than 200 operations. Similar remarks apply to
many other items.