London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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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:—
| Inspections— | Work carried out—(contd.) | 42 | |
| Complaints | 2,998 | Water closets installed | |
| Houses let in lodgings | 18 | Water cisterns cleansed or repaired | 30 |
| Certificates of Disrepair | 337 | ||
| Slum clearance | 759 | Water supplies reinstated | 69 |
| Urinals and conveniences | 224 | ||
| Caravans | 139 | Water fittings renewed or repaired | 67 |
| Water certificates | 45 | ||
| Infectious disease cases— | Water certificates issued | 18 | |
| Notifiable | 310 | Sinks, lavatory basins, baths renewed | 44 |
| Non-notifiable | 138 | ||
| Tuberculosis | 40 | Plaster renewed | 570 |
| Drainage inspections | 2,573 | Floors and stairs repaired | 193 |
| Other visits | 1,626 | ||
| Re-inspections | 10,202 | Doors and windows repaired | 347 |
| Notices served— | |||
| Intimation | 1,607 | Fireplaces and flues repaired | 135 |
| Statutory (Infectious Disease) | |||
| Additional lighting, ventilation | 3 | ||
| Statutory (Nuisance) | 740 | ||
| Summonses issued | 65 | Rooms cleansed | 58 |
| Magistrates' Orders obtained | 17 | Premises disinfested | 121 |
| Dustbins provided | 105 | ||
| Work carried out— | Yard paving renewed or repaired | 44 | |
| Drains— | |||
| Smoke tests | 128 | Other defects remedied | 181 |
| Water tests | 1,057 | Dangerous structures referred to District Surveyor | 203 |
| Found defective | 45 | ||
| Repaired | 61 | ||
| Reconstructed | 22 | Water waste referred to M.W.B | 55 |
| Sealed off | 11 | ||
| Ventilated | 45 | Premises disinfected | 662 |
| Frontages laid | 26 | Articles disinfected | 5,657 |
| Roofs repaired | 525 | Personal Cleansing | |
| Rainwater pipes and gutters renewed/repaired | 266 | Treatments— To adults | 289 |
| To children | 1,535 | ||
| Dampness remedied | 597 | Rodent Control— | |
| Waste pipes renewed/ repaired | Premises dealt with— | 125 | |
| 98 | Rats | ||
| Water closets repaired | Mice | 89 | |
| or cleansed | 198 | Inspections | 2,889 |