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Battersea 1909
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1909
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The following proposal was rejected by a small majority:—
That the power of the Council to take proceedings in respect of a
nuisance created by Sanitary Authorities under Section 22 of the Act
should be extended to apply to smoke nuisances from electricity or other
industrial works, or from premises used for the treatment or disposal of
refuse, or for disinfecting purposes, or from baths or washhouses, or other
buildings or wharves owned by Sanitary Authorities in which furnaces are
used; and that as regards such proceedings the Council should be relieved
of the restriction imposed by Section 117 of the Act, that a proceeding
under the Act should not be undertaken by the London County Council
against a Sanitary Authority save with the sanction of the Local Government
Board, unless such proceeding is for the recovery of expenses or of
money due from the Sanitary Authority to the Council.
| Sanitary District. | Backyards. | Forecourts. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholly paved. | Partly paved. | Wholly paved. | Partly paved. | ||
| 12 ft. or more from back addition. | Less than 12 ft. from hack addition. | ||||
| 1 | 14 | - | 56 | 35 | 39 |
| 2 | 28 | 1 | 53 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | - | - | 91 | 10 | 55 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| 5 | 1 | - | 200 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 | - | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 8 | - | - | 7 | - |
| 8 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 57 | 22 | 408 | 61 | 114 |
Street Paving.
This important and useful hygienic work has been fully dealt
with in past annual reports, and it is satisfactory to be able to
report that the practice of paving with impermeable material the
side streets in the Borough was continued during 1909.