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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 1909
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1909
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Proceeding's during 1909.
(The following tables are suggested by the Medical Officer of Health to the County of London in order to secure uniformity of tabulation in the annual reports of the Medical Officers of Health of the Metropolitan Boroughs.)
| Premises. | Number of Places. | No. of Inspections, 1909. | No. of Intimation Notices 1909. | No of Prosecutions, 1909. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1908. | Added in 1909. | Removed in 1909. | On Register at end of 1909. | ||||
| Milk premises | 241 | 50 | 113 | 178 | 852 | 65 | - |
| Cowsheds | 3 | - | - | 3 | * | - | - |
| Slaughterhouses | 5 | - | - | 5 | 78 | - | - |
| Other offensive trade premises | 2 | - | - | 2 | 6 | - | - |
| Ice-cream premises | 108 | 56 | 8 | 156 | 260 | 7 | - |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 123 | - | - | 123 | 387 | 114 | 9 |
* These premises are subject to frequent inspection
Total number of intimation notices served for all
purposes 4,318
Overcrowding—
Number of dwelling-rooms overcrowded 86
Number remedied 86
Number of prosecutions 2
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during the year 26
Number of rooms closed 26
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health
(London) Act
Number closed under the Housing of the
ing Classes Act —
Number of verminous premises cleansed under
Section 20 of the L.C.C. (General Powers)
Act, 1904 —