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Battersea 1896

Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1896

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TABLE XVII. Summary of Sanitary Operations during 1896.

18921893189418951896
Total Sanitary operations38,77954,57753,79155,80669,432
Number of House Inspections23,58725,09124,74730,05138,781
Bakehouses Inspections215296313460532
Bakehouses Nuisances abated...18194957
Urinals—Inspections251260318483468
Do. altered, repaired, or water laid on...1201193140
Intimations Served, 54 & 55 Vic. cap. 76 (3)3,6914,4204,2894,2563,461
Notices Served under Sec. 49211,2111,0761,198909
Notices Served under Sec. 62 and 651,5882,5721,6051,7091,952
Complaints Received and attended to...4,0893,2533,8773,302
Number of Houses Disinfected1,2272,0691,4491,4541,698
Houses Supplied with Disinfectants3,0265,2753,1753,6166,748
Overcrowding Abated3438563360
Premises Cleansed and Repaired189280328138235
Drains Tested By Smoke7001,4911,2721,3311,188
Water1784917949972,829
Drains Cleansed and Repaired1,1071,5641,1061,205941
Drains Relaid220917742742762
Soil Pipes ventilated.....135796846
Sink and Rain Water Pipes disconnected1,3605621,012634565
Water Closets Cleansed and Repaired237314426236282
Cesspools Abolished1468...
Mews and Stables Drained and Paved863011817
Yards Drained and Paved161253938555735
Accumulations of Manure Removed or proper receptacles provided4170566156
Dust Receptacles Provided7387721,221688587
Dust Complaints forwarded to the Surveyor...271214377209
Leaky House-roofs and Gutters Repaired1858424O134180
Houses Supplied with Water15113093252121
Water Closets Supplied with Water, or supply disconnected from drinking water cistern8607311,1131,054911
Cisterns Covered, Cleansed and Repaired409469624816687
Keeping of Animals in unfit state discontinued516111625
Smoke Nuisances dealt with1026211112
Certificates of Disinfection Granted1,0441,6591,55I1,5381,740
Water Supply Certificate Granted (Sec. 48)16118141282288
Proceedings Ordered by Vestry and Sanitary Committee4441,2111,1001,243959
Summonses Issued1473526365
Magisterial Orders Obtained and Enforced1470425955
Sanitary Conveniences provided or improvements affected to Factories and Workshops, Sec. 3848191438
Underground sleeping rooms disused.........1219
Gipsy vans inspected.........6456
Drains laid to New Houses............266
Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act101103101227294*
*This is for the Sanitary year, 1896—the Analytical year ends March, 1897.