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Battersea 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Insanitary Houses. The following is a list of streets in the Borough in which houses were found, on inspection, to be insanitary, and were dealt with by the Council under the provisions of the Housing Acts, either informally or by the service of notice under section 17 of the Housing Act, 1930, or under the provisions of section 19 of the Act, during 1932.
| Street. | Houses dealt with | Street. | Houses dealt with. | Street. | Houses dealt with. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District No. 1. | District No. 3. | District No. 5. | |||
| Ascalon Street | 1 | Church Road . | 3 | Culvert Road | 6 |
| Dashwood Road | 14 | Green Lane | 20 | Dorothy Road | 1 |
| St. Andrews St. | 1 | Eversleigh Road | 45 | ||
| Savona House | 4 | Lavender Hill | 1 | ||
| Sterndale Road | 34 | Candahar Road | 2 | Mossbury Road | 1 |
| Stewarts Road. | 17 | Duffield Street | 1 | Tyneham Road | 1 |
| Stockdale Road | 2 | Falcon Terrace | 1 | ||
| Thessaly Square | 22 | Gwynne Road | 3 | ||
| Tidemore Street | 1 | Harroway Road | 1 | ||
| Heaver Road . | 1 | Grant Road | 8 | ||
| Kambala Road. | 1 | Wayland Road | 11 | ||
| Kerrison Road | 1 | Winstanley Road | 1 | ||
| Lavender Road | 1 | ||||
| Brougham Street | 5 | Lubeck Street | 1 | ||
| Culvert Road | 79 | Meyrick Road | 1 | ||
| Kennard Street | 31 | Musjid Road | 1 | Lavender Hill | 2 |
| Longhedge Street | 1 | Nepaul Road | 1 | Taybridge Road | 1 |
| Orkney Street | 1‡ | Pearson Street | 1 | ||
| Oulton Street ... | 11 | Shillington Street | 10 | ||
| Raywood Street | 9 | Stainforth Road | 83 | ||
| Weybridge Street | 57 | Totteridgc Road | 8 | Leathwaite Road | 1 |
Summary.
| District No. 1 | 9 streets | 96 houses |
|---|---|---|
| „ 2 | 8 „ | 194 „ |
| „ 3 | 2 „ | 23 „ |
| „ 4 | 17 „ | 118 „ |
| „ 5 | 61 „ | 55 „ |
| „ 6 | 3 „ | 20 „ |
| „ 7 | 2† „ | 3 „ |
| „ 8 | 1 „ | 1 |
| Total | 46 streets | 510 houses |
The following is a list of streets in the Borough in which houses
were the subject of action during the previous year, either informally
or by the service of notice under section 17 or 19 of the Housing Act,
1930, but to which the necessary action had not been completed
during 1931.
* Including Culvert Road partly in No. 2 District,
† Including Lavender Hill partly in No. 5 District,
‡ See also page 105 (Demolition Orders).