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Battersea 1948

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

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29
Sanitary Circumstances.
The following table sets out in summarised form the details of
the main work of the Department in relation to sanitation:—

Table: Summary of Main Operations for the Year 1948. Sanitary Operations.

Summary of Main Operations for the Year 1948. Sanitary Operations.

Inspections—Frontage drains constructed or reconstructed23
New houses182
House-to-house—
Houses let in separate tenements—New houses — certificates issued re water supply182
Houses—following complaints6,429
Houses supplied with water and fittings repaired139
Houses—following infectious disease466
Gipsy vans17Additional water supplies to tenement houses16
Common Lodging Houses30
Public urinals and chalets100Water closets provided, supplied with water, or supply disconnected from drinking water cisterns36
Re-inspections27,934
Other visits3,411
Notices served—Water closets and urinals cleansed and repaired871
Intimations4,164
Statutory (Sec. 197 and 200)208Drinking water cisterns cleansed and repaired143
Statutory (Fifth Schedule)2,519Rain-water and waste pipes disconnected or repaired394
Summonses issued304
Magisterial Orders obtained100Soil pipes and drains ventilated65
Drains laid to new houses182Defective roofs and gutters repaired1,619
Dustbins provided260
Drains relaid (wholly or partly)53
Yards paved or repaired299
Premises disinfected1,039
rains cleansed and repaired341Persons cleansed (including 3,266 children)3,763
Drains tested (smoke)114Articles disinfected12,970
Found defective58Rat repression-
Drains tested (water)676Premises inspected363
Drainage plans received112Inspections3,122
Protection of Food Supply.
Inspections—Inspections—contd.
Butchers' and other food shops1,364Dairies and milk shops.344
Slaughterhouses53Ice cream premises233
Fish shops273Restaurant kitchens356
Food storage premises97Samples taken1,200
Summonses issued17