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 1964
[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 work of the Department in relation to sanitation:—
| Personal Cleansing Treatments— | |||
| Complaints | 2,361 | To adults | 99 |
| Rent Act | 48 | To children | 260 |
| Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963 | 105 | ||
| Drains— | |||
| Repaired | 65 | ||
| Urinals and Conveniences | 319 | Reconstructed | 34 |
| Caravans | 152 | Sealed off | 151 |
| Water certificates | 11 | Ventilated | 71 |
| Infectious disease cases— | Cleared | 132 | |
| Notifiable | 154 | Frontages laid | 44 |
| Non-notifiable | 22 | Roofs repaired | 380 |
| Drainage | 2,634 | Rainwater pipes and gutters renewed / repaired | 154 |
| Pet shops | 32 | ||
| Hairdressers | 134 | ||
| Rodent control | 3,977 | Dampness remedied | 570 |
| Other visits | 4,072 | Waste pipes renewed/ repaired | 48 |
| Re-inspections | 5,757 | ||
| Water closets repaired or cleansed | 123 | ||
| Public Health (London) Act. 1936— | |||
| Water closets installed | 126 | ||
| Fifth Schedule (Intimation) | 733 | Water cisterns cleansed or repaired | 18 |
| Fifth Schedule (Statutory) | 320 | Water supplies reinstated | 98 |
| Water fittings renewed or repaired | 88 | ||
| Section 197, etc. (Infectious Disease) | 10 | ||
| Additional water supply to tenement houses | 1 | ||
| L.C.C. (General Powers) Acts | 70 | ||
| Sinks, lavatory basins, baths renewed | 76 | ||
| Food Hygiene Regulations, 1960 | 14 | ||
| Plaster renewed | 496 | ||
| Summonses issued | 65 | Moors and stairs repaired | 109 |
| Magistrates' Orders ob | Doors and windows repaired | 179 | |
| tained | 21 | ||
| Fireplaces and flues repaired | 41 | ||
| Dangerous structures referred to District Surveyor | 64 | ||
| Additional lighting, ventilation | 2 | ||
| Water waste referred to M.W.B | 35 | ||
| Rooms cleansed | 50 | ||
| Premises disinfested | 108 | ||
| Drains— | Dustbins provided | 45 | |
| Smoke tests | 46 | Yard paving renewed or repaired | 47 |
| Water tests | 1,150 | ||
| Found defective | 59 | Other defects remedied | 156 |
| Water certificates issued | 6 | Rodent control— | |
| Land Charge enquiries | 2,202 | Premises dealt with— | |
| Premises disinfected | 1,115 | Rats | 296 |
| Articles disinfected | 8,281 | Mice | |