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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 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Street.Houses dealt with.Street.Houses dealt with.Street.Houses dealt with.
No. 4 District—
Barmore Street21Ingrave Street20Pearson Street2
Benfield Street11Kambala Road6Rowena Crescent2
Cabul Road2Kerrison Road7Shillington Street12
Candahar Road1Khyber Road Latchmere2Simpson Street1
Creek Street2Stainforth Road19
Darien Road1Grove4Thibet Street11
Duffield Street3Lavender Road Lavender15Totteridge Road6
Este Road11Urswicke Road23
Falcon Grove4Terrace3Verona Street3
Falcon Terrace3Lithgow Street16Wayford Street8
Grant Road17Lubeck Street9Winders Road1
Gwynne Road7Mantua Street4Winstanley Road3
Harroway Road1Meyrick Road24Wye Street8
Heaver Road1Musjid Road3Yelverton Road32
High Street5Patience Road2York Road4
Total: 43 streets —340 houses.
No. 5 District—
Acanthus Road1Eversleigh Road4Tyneham Road1
Basnett Road1Grayshott Road1Shirley Grove2
Beaufoy Road1 3Knowsley Road3Wickersley Road4
Culvert Place10Mossbury Road1Wycliffe Road78
Dorothy Road1Tipthorpe Road1
Total: 14 streets—126 houses.
No. 6 District—
Abyssinia Road3Hibbert Street11St. John's Hill Grove1
Aliwal Road1Hope Street3
Auckland Road1John Street3Sewell Road43
Battersea Rise1Knox Road3Speke Road88
Brussels Road1Livingstone Road78Steelworks Road.2
Cairns Road3Maysoule Road1Tritton Street8
Cologne Road1Mendip Road8Usk Road6
Darien Road6Newcomen Road1Wayland Road7
Didcot Street29Oberstein Road3Winstanley Road20
Grant Road111Plough Road3York Road5
Total: 29 streets—451 houses.
No. 7 District—
Lavender Hill1 house.
Total: 1 street—1 house.

Table: SUMMARY.

SUMMARY.

SUMMARY.
No. 1 District30 streets514 houses.
No. 2 District*30 streets219 houses.
No. 3 District25 streets138 houses.
No. 4 District†43 streets340 houses.
No. 5 District14 streets126 houses.
No. 6 District‡29 streets451 houses.
No. 7 District1 street1 house.
Total166 streets1,789 houses.

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• Includes Battersea Park Road, also included in No. 1 District.
† Includes High Street, also included in No. 3 District.
‡ Includes York, Grant, Darien, and Winstanley Roads, also included in No. 4
District.
In order to cope with the increased pressure of work the
staff of the Health Department was increased by the appointment
of an Assistant Medical Officer and a Housing Inspector.