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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 1911
[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]
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Under the Common Lodging Houses Act, 1853-5 the London
County Council has control of all the common lodging houses
situate within the administrative county. All common lodging
houses must be licensed annually by the London County Council,
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1902. Part IX., sec. 46. The
common lodging houses in Battersea are visited from time to time
by the Borough Councils' Sanitary Officers in connection with
drainage defects, infectious disease, &c., &c.
| Name of Buildings. | Situation. | Owner. | No. of tenements. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battersea Bridge Buildings | Bridge Road | London County Council | 69 |
| Durham Buildings | York Road | ,, | 108 |
| Victoria Dwellings | Battersea Park Road | Victoria Dwelings Asso., Ltd. | 189 |
| Lombard Dwellings | Lombard Road | Exors. of Francis Ravenscroft | 36 |
| Shaftesbury Chambers | Ashbury Road | Artizans, &c., Dwellings Co. | 22 |
Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1903.
During 1911, eight applications were received for the Certificate
of the Medical Officer of Health under the provisions of the
Revenue Act, 1903 in connection with 29 tenements (or dwellings)
so constructed as to afford suitable accommodation for each of the
families inhabiting such tenements. After inspection certificates
were granted in respect of 12 tenements, the remainder having
been refused or postponed.
In the new Housing and Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909, a
further extension has been made exempting from inhabited house
duty any house occupied for the sole purpose of letting lodgings to
persons of the working-class at a charge not exceeding 6 pence a
night for each person, if certified by the Medical Officer of Health
to have one provision made for the sanitary requirements of the
lodgers using such lodging houses. No applications were made
for certificates in respect of this class of lodging house during 1911.