Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report upon the public health & sanitary condition of Battersea during the year1900
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96
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts.
Year.
Certificates granted by the
Medical Officer of Health
1890
243
1891
113
1892
165
1893
201
1894
9 1
1895
91
1896
120
1897
27
1898
82
1899
68
1900
93
The following requirements are taken into consideration
when dealing with applications:—
(1) That it be satisfactorily shewn that the house in
question comes within the Sections of the Acts. (2) That a
definite minimum height and superficial area for living and
sleeping rooms, as defined by the London Building Act, 1894,
exists. (3) That there is a sufficient and available supply of
water on each floor. (4) That there is at least one water
closet properly supplied with water for every twelve occupants
(or less) on each floor. (5) That the drainage of the premises
is in accordance with the regulations recognised by the Authority
in whose jurisdiction the house is situated. (6) That accommodation
for clothes-washing is provided sufficient for the
number of persons inhabiting the house.
Houses Let in Lodging's.
The houses registered under the bye-laws with respect to
houses let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than
one family have been regularly inspected during the year.
Forty-nine such premises are now upon the register, and should