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Each of the châlets is provided with free accommodation
for both sexes, and has two lavatories, one for each sex,
attached. There are also 9 public urinals maintained by the
Borough Council at: —
Town Hall Road.
Nine Elms Lane (near steam-boat pier).
Do. (by Rifleman public-house).
Battersea Park Road (near S.E. &: C.D. Railway
Station).
Do. (near L.B. & S.C. Railway
Station).
Forfar Road.
Church Dock, Church Road.
Wye Street.
Vicarage Road.
Urinal accommodation, accessible to the general public,
is also provided at 97 public-houses.
The number of public conveniences in Battersea is therefore
112, and these are all kept under close supervision by the
sanitary staff.
Ambulances
The Council has for some years provided a wheeled handambulance
at the chalets in Battersea Park Road, Victoria
Circus and Lavender Hill, and one is stationed at the corner
of Nightingale Lane and Bolingbroke Grove. The ambulances
are freely accessible to the public, and each is provided with
splints and surgical dressings. The ambulances are not
infrequently used, particularly by the police, to convey injured
persons to hospital, and they are undoubtedly of considerable
service to the district.
Water Supply
The water supply of Battersea is derived from the Lambeth
and the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Companies, the latter
supplying the whole of the Borough except the southern part
of the South-Western sub-district. During the year 14