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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 1902

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

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and 55 premises with off-licenses only. A considerable number
of defects were discovered during the inspection, and these
are set out, with other particulars, in the following table:—

Table: Licensed Premises.

Licensed Premises.

Fully- Licensed Premises.Beer Houses.Off-Licences.Totals.
No. of premises857755217
No. of premises in which rooms are let to lodgers–235
No. of inmates—adults ...473244175892
„ „ children998758244
No. of persons employed—males24611886450
„ „ female17411254340
Water supply of house from main423722101
„ bars „4028472
No. of intimations served ...27281873
No. of statutory notices served...4228
Defects discovered :—
Dirty premises ...1225
Premises in bad repair1427
Defective roofs ... ...2316
Defective cisterns ...77519
Defective yards ... ...47213
Defective dustbins ...99523
Absence of dustbins35412
Defective w.c.'s ... ...–7411
Defective urinals ...32—5
Damp premises ... ...—314
Other defects ... ...2114944

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Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
A table showing the number of samples taken under these
Acts during the year 1903, and the number found to be
adulterated or inferior will be found on page 96.
Although a greater variety of samples was taken than
in previous years, the total number includes more samples of
milk. Milk is the most important food dealt with under the
Acts, as its adulteration is easily effected and is highly profitable
to the trader.