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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 1927

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1927

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Table: Summary of Legal Proceedings. Legal Proceedings were taken by the Council in connection with the work of the Health Department in 48 cases during 1927.

Summary of Legal Proceedings. Legal Proceedings were taken by the Council in connection with the work of the Health Department in 48 cases during 1927.

Acts and Regulations under which Proceedings taken.Persons Prosecuted including employees.ConvictionsFines.Costs.
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the by- laws made thereunder106£s.d.£s.d.
21017170
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 190711010330
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts15580012120
Milk and Dairies(Consolida-tion) Act, 191522400_
Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 19221247506100
Public Health (Preservatives in Food, etc.) Regulations2——220
Housing Acts104026030
Metropolis Management Act, 18552——250
Total54222196*44120*

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* The disproportion between the fines and costs imposed is accounted
for by the fact that the Court in some instances dealt with defendants
under the Probation of Offenders Act, discharging them on payment
of costs.

Table: Common Lodging Houses. The following table gives a list of the common lodging houses in the Borough:—

Common Lodging Houses. The following table gives a list of the common lodging houses in the Borough:—

Premises.Authorised No. of Lodgers.Whether Males or Females.
75 Falcon Road81Males
134 High Street54Males
67 Winstanley Road66Females