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Battersea 1908
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908
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For administrative purposes the 9 wards of the Borough are
divided into 8 sanitary districts, to each of which a Sanitary
Inspector is attached. The sanitary districts are not, therefore,
co-terminous with the wards, but for practical purposes may be
considered so, as one of the wards is comparatively very small
both in area and population, and is included with portions of two
other wards in No. 6 District.
The following is the number of house inspections carried out, and the number of defects found in each of the sanitary districts:—
| Number of houses inspected. | Number in which defects found. | |
|---|---|---|
| No. 1 District | 378 | 192 |
| No. 2 ,, | 507 | 351 |
| No. 3 ,, | 514 | 383 |
| No. 4 ,, | 485 | 361 |
| No. 5 ,, | 576 | 327 |
| No. 6 ,, | 267 | 161 |
| No. 7 ,, | 364 | 228 |
| No. 8 ,, | 518 | 167 |
| Total | 3,609 | 2,170 |
The percentage of houses in which sanitary defects were found
to exist was 60 per cent., and varied from 32.8 per cent, in No. 8
district to 74.5 per cent. in No. 3. district.
The small number of houses inspected in districts No. 6 and
7 is accounted for by the large amount of drainage work at the
Infirmary and the new estate being built in South-West Battersea;
the time of the Sanitary Inspectors being much occupied in supervising
the work. To this cause and the prevalence of infections
already referred to, are to be attributed the decrease in the number
of house inspections carried out during 1908, as compared with
the previous year.
Preliminary and statutory notices were served to remedy
these 2,170 defects.
The following table gives particulars as to the number of
houses inspected during 1908:—
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