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Battersea 1904

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1904

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General Sanitary Administration.

Table XX. gives a summary of the work of the sanitary inspectors,

so far as the work admits of tabulation.

Table XX.—Summary of Sanitary Operations for the Year 1904.

Total Sanitary Operations80423Dust receptacles provided728
Number of house inspections43456Leaky house-roofs and gutters repaired787
Bakehouse inspections286
Bakehouse nuisances abated186Houses supplied with water, and fittings repaired316
Urinal—inspections579
Do. altered, repaired, or water laid on92Water closets supplied with water or supply disconnected from drinking water cisterns818
Intimations served under Sec. 35366
Notices served under Sec. 41975Cisterns covered, cleansed and repaired629
Notices served under Sec. 62 & 651085
Complaints received & attended to3424Keeping of animals in unfit state discontinued153
Number of houses disinfected1215
Houses supplied with disinfectants4171Smoke observations262
House drains flushed with disinfectants after infectious disease1217Houses inspected and certificates granted (Sec. 48)270
Certificates of disinfection granted1333
Overcrowding abated58
Proceedings Ordered by Council and Health Committee4593
Drains tested ... By smoke1209Summonses issued179
„ water5142Magisterial Orders obtained and enforced119
Drains cleansed and repaired460
Drains relaid689Factories & Workshops inspections4701
Frontage drains constructed or re-constructed152Sanitary conveniences provided or improvements effected in Factories & Workshops (Sec. 38)185
Soil-pipes and drains ventilated561
Sink and rain water pipes disconnected or repaired532
Water Closets cleansed & repaired993Underground sleeping rooms disused39
Cesspools abolished9
Mews & Stables drained & paved132Gipsy van inspections229
Yards and forecourts paved1389Drains laid to new houses and tenements270
Accumulations of manure and other obnoxious matter removed or proper receptacles provided158Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts700
Other Sanitary operations972

The following table gives particulars as to number of
houses inspected in house-to-house inspection during the year:—