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Battersea 1894

Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1894

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TABLE XVI. SUMMARY OF SANITARY OPERATIONS, 1894, IN THE WHOLE PARISH.

1888188918901891189218931894
Total Sanitary operations............38,77954,57753,791
Number of House Inspections25,11525,38625,10023,21323,58725,09124,747
Bakehouses Inspections............215296313
Bakehouses Nuisances abated............1819
Urinals—Inspections...7...46251260318
Do. altered, repaired, or water laid on11............120119
Intimations Served, 54 & 55 Vic. cap. 76 (Sec. 3)1,9943,0832,5642,7743,6914,4204,289
Notices Served under Sec. 43242983231199211,2111,076
Notices Served under Sec. 62 and 65............1,5882,5721,605
Complaints Received and attended to............4,0893,253
Number of Houses Disinfected3612275949401,2272,0691,449
Houses Supplied with Disinfectants Overcrowding Abated2.3381,0112,3542,4233,0265,2753,175
20353020343856
Premises Cleansed and Repaired265210188174189280328
Drains Tested By Smoke............7001,4911,272
,, Water............178491794
Drains Cleansed and Repaired8201,0611,4931,0481,1071,5641,106
Drains Relaid......220917742
Soil Pipes ventilated..................135
Sink & Rain Water Pipes disconnected1,0212,0171,7649721,3605621,012
Water Closets Cleansed and Repaired91179113246237314426
Cesspools Abolished174......146
Mews and Stables Drained and Paved257...26863011
Yards Drained and Paved7272344139161253938
Accumulations of Manure Removed or proper receptacles provided24335843417056
Dust Receptacles Provided3295545174527387721,221
Dust Complaints forwarded to the Surveyor...............271214
Leaky House-roofs and Gutters Repaired7216419819818584240
Houses Supplied with Water28154013815113093
Water Closets Supplied with Water, or supply disconnected from drinking water cistern9201,7498841,1068607311,113
Cisterns Covered, Cleansed and Repaired402452299308409469624
Keeping of Animals in unfit state......525l611
Smoke Nuisances dealt with............102621
Certificates of Disinfection Granted............1,0441,6591,551
Water Supply Certificate Granted (Sec. 48)............16118141
Proceedings Ordered by Vestry and Sanitary Committee973744133454441,2111,100
Summonses Issued23362912147352
Magisterial Orders Obtained and Enforced23362912147042
Sanitary Conveniences provided to Factories and Workshop , Sec. 38............4819