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Battersea 1897

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

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Table: TABLE XVII. Summary of Sanitary Operations during 1897.

TABLE XVII. Summary of Sanitary Operations during 1897.

189218931894189518961897
Total Sanitary operations38,77954,57753,79155,80669,43267,200
Number of House Inspections23,58725,09124,74730,05138,78142,486
Bakehouses Inspections215296313460532545
Bakehouses Nuisances abated...1819495729
Urinals—Inspections251260318483468367
Do. altered, repaired, or water laid on...120119314058
Intimations Served, 54 & 55 Vic. cap. 76(3)3,6914,4204,2894,2563,4613,030
Notices Served under Sec. 49211,2111,0761,198909611
Notices Served under Sec. 62 and 651,5882,5721,6051,7091,9522,246
Complaints Received and attended to...4,0893,2533,8773,3023,254
Number of Houses Disinfected1,2272,0691,4491,4541,6982,009
Houses Supplied with Disinfectants3,0265,2753,1753,6166,7487,846
Overcrowding Abated343856336065
Premises Cleansed and Repaired189280328138235319
Drains Tested By Smoke7001,4911,2721,3311,188914
„ Water1784917949972,8293,080
Drains Cleansed and Repaired1,1071,5641,1061,205941799
Drains Relaid220917742742762636
Soil Pipes ventilated......135796846764
Sink and Rain Water Pipes disconnected1,3605621,012634565318
Water Closets Cleansed and Repaired237314426236282327
Cesspools Abolished1468...5
Mews and Stables Drained and Paved86301181710
Yards Drained and Paved161253938555735765
Accumulations of Manure Removed or proper receptacles provided417056615693
Dust Receptacles Provided7387721,221688587714
Dust Complaints forwarded to the Surveyor...271214377209205
Leaky House-roofs and Gutters Repaired18584240134180182
Houses Supplied with Water15113093252121122
Water Closets Supplied with Water, or supply disconnected from drinking water cistern8607311,1131,0549111,029
Cisterns Covered. Cleansed and Repaired409469624816687637
Keeping of Animals in unfit state discontinued51611162526
Smoke Nuisances dealt with102621111236
Certificates of Disinfection Granted1,0441,6591,5511,5381,7402,176
Water Supply Certificates Granted (Sec. 48)16118141282288236
Proceedings Ordered by Vestry and Sanitary Committee4441,2111,1001,2439591,536
Summonses Issued147352636548
Magisterial Orders Obtained and Enforced147042595540
Sanitary Conveniences provided or improvements affected to Factories and Workshops, Sec. 384819143840
Underground sleeping rooms disused.........121942
Gipsy vans inspected.........645630
Drains laid to New Houses............266244
Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act101103101227300*300*

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•This is for the Analytical year ending March.