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Battersea 1898

Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea...

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Table: TABLE XVII.Summary of sanitary operations during 1898.

TABLE XVII.

Summary of sanitary operations during 1898.

1892189318941895189618971898
Total Sanitary operations38,77954,57753,79155,80669,43267,20072,782
Number of House Inspections23,58725,09124,74730,05138,78142,48647.630
Bakehouses Inspections215296313460532545539
Bakehouses Nuisances abated...181949572933
Urinals — Inspections251260318483468367450
Do. altered, repaired, or water laid on...12011931405878
Intimations served, 541 & 55 Vic. cap. 76(3)3.6914,4204,2894.2563,4613,0303,807
Notices Served under Sec. 49211,2111,0761,1989096111,138
Notices Served under Sec. 62 and 651,5882.5721,6051,7091.9522,2461.779
Complaints Received and attended to...4.0893.2533.8773.3023.2543.847
Number of Houses Disinfected1,2272,0691.449M541,6982,0091,608
Houses Supplied with Disinfectants3,0265,2753 1753,6166,7487.8466.739
House drains flushed with disinfectants after infectious disease..................923
Overcrowding Abated343856336065107
Premises Cleansed and Repaired189280328138235319934
Drains Tested ... By Smoke7001,4911,2721.33I1.1889141.550
Water1784917949972,8293,0806.959
Drains Cleansed and Repaired1,1071.5641,1061,205941799725
Drains Relaid2209177427427626361.070
Soil Pipes ventilated......1357968467641,283
Sink and Rain Water Pipes disconnected or repaired1,3605621,012634565318584
Water Closets Cleansed and Repaired237314426236282327683
Cesspools Abolished146854
Mews and Stables Drained and Paved8630118171036
Yards Drained and I'aved161253938555735765929
Accumulations of Manure and other obnoxious matter removed or proper receptacles provided417056615693180
Dust Receptacles Provided7387721,221688587714690
Dust Complaints forwarded to the Surveyor...271214377200205150
Leaky House-roofs and Gutters repaired18584240134l80182409
Houses Supplied with Water15113093252121122141
Water Closets Supplied with Water, or supply disconnected from drinking water cistern86073i1.1131.0549111,029925
Cisterns Covered, Cleansed & Repaired409469624816687637541
Keeping of Animals in unfit state discontinued5l61116252621
Smoke Nuisances dealt with10262111123646
Certificates of Disinfection Granted1,0441,6591.5511.5381,7402,1761.740
Water Supply Certificates Granted (Sec. 48)16118141282288236327
Proceedings Ordered by Vestry and Health Committee4441,2111,1001.2439591.5361,213
Summonses Issued14735263654872
Magisterial Orders Obtained and Enforced14704259554062
Sanitary Conveniences provided or improvements affected to Factories and Workshops, Sec. 384819143840l80
Underground sleeping rooms disused.........12194228
Gipsy vans inspected.........645630no
Drains laid to New Houses............266244287
Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act1011103101227300*300*400*

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*This is for the Analytical year ending March.