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Battersea 1902

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1903

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12 Arthur Street
10 Austin Road
14 Battersea Park Road
134 „ „
397 „ „
573 „ „
98 Battersea Rise
4A Beaufoy Road
52 Bridge Road
2 Castle Street
107 Chatham Road
46 Church Road
100 Culvert Road
84 Falcon Road
91 „ „
176 „ „
27 Gideon Road
18 High Street
147 „ „
158 „ „
56 Latchmere Road
43 Livingstone Road
24 Northcote Road
87 Nine Elms Lane
73 New Road
154 „ „
19 Plough Road
41 „ „
2 Plough Terrace
17 Ponton Road
3 Rollo Street
48 St. Andrews Street
5 Spicer Street
51 Stewarts Road
131 „ „
12 Tyneham Road
19 „ „
159 Usk Road
65 Way ford Street
13 Webbs Road
44 „ „
44 Winstanley Road
81 „ „
18 York Road
60 „ „
12 5 „ „
213 „ „
3 2 5 „ „
333 „ „
The number of persons employed on these premises was
109 —males 68, females 41. The work is chiefly done between
the hours of 12 and 2, and 7 and 11 p.m. The fuel used was
chiefly coal or coke, but in 5 shops gas was used.
The kind of fat employed for frying was mainly dripping,
but cotton seed oil was used in 12 shops. Many defects were
found on these premises. In 4 cases the w.c. was situated
inside the fish store, and in many cases the arrangements for
the removal of offal left much to be desired. The condition
of the fried fish shops has been greatly improved since the first
systematic inspection was made during the spring of 1903,
but much yet remains to be done. The frying apparatus
generally used is unsatisfactory, as, being open at the sides and