[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough. page 22

Battersea 1954

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

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Table: Sanitary Circumstances. The following table sets out in summarised form the details of the main work of the Department in relation to sanitation:— Summary of Main Operations for the Year 1954.

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Sanitary Circumstances. The following table sets out in summarised form the details of the main work of the Department in relation to sanitation:— Summary of Main Operations for the Year 1954.

Sanitary Operations.
Inspections—		New houses—certificates issued re water supply
New houses	358	New houses—certificates issued re water supply	358
House-to-house	—	Houses supplied with water and fittings repaired
Houses let in separate tenements	25	Houses supplied with water and fittings repaired	75
Houses—following complaints	3,922	Additional water supplies to tenement houses	—
Houses—following infectious disease	736	Water closets provided, supplied with water, or supply disconnected from drinking water cisterns
Gipsy vans	—
Public urinals and chalets	62		5
Re-inspections	18,787	Water closets and urinals cleansed and repaired
Other visits	2,545	Water closets and urinals cleansed and repaired	364
Notices served—		Drinking water cisterns cleansed and repaired
Intimations	2,022	Drinking water cisterns cleansed and repaired	113
Statutory (Sec. 197 and 200)	152	Rain-water and waste pipes disconnected or repaired
Statutory (Fifth Schedule)	995	Rain-water and waste pipes disconnected or repaired	165
Statutory (Fifth Schedule)	995	Soil pipes and drains ventilated
Summonses issued	106	Soil pipes and drains ventilated	70
Magisterial Orders obtained	48	Defective roofs and gutters repaired	860
Drains laid to new houses	358	Dustbins provided	44
Drains relaid (wholly or partly)	15	Yards paved or repaired Premises disinfected	56 818
Drains cleansed and repaired	194	Personal Cleansing Treatments—
Drains tested (smoke)	104	To adults	214
Found defective	35	To children	2,383
Drains tested (water)	1,496	Articles disinfected	6,142
Drainage plans received	141	Rodent Control—
Frontage drains constructed or reconstructed	27	Premises infested	347
Frontage drains constructed or reconstructed	27	Inspections	5,600
Protection of Food Supply.
Inspections—
Butchers' and other food shops	1,877	Inspections—contd. Ice cream premises	253
Fish shops	318	Restaurant kitchens	689 elc\
Food storage premises	217	Samples taken	560
Dairies and milk shops	312	Summonses issued	1
Factories, Workshops and Shops.
Inspections—		Inspecti ons—contd.
Shops	57	Outworkers	1,160
do. (Pharmacy Act)	21	Smoke observations	207
Rag flock	14	Intimation notices served	24
Pet shops	24	Statutory notices served	2
Factories	2,005	Summonses issued	Nil