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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House Drains Flushed with Disinfectants after Infectious
Disease 764
Infected Bedding and Goods Destroyed and Replaced 2
Infected Library Books Disinfected, or Destroyed and
Replaced 94
Public Conveyances Disinfected
Certificates of Disinfection Granted 1,192
Summary Proceedings.
Proceedings Ordered to be taken if necessary 2,196
Summonses Issued 337
Magisterial Orders obtained 312
Note.—This Table does not include a large number of
Sanitary Improvements voluntarily effected by owners, &c., for
instance in the case of Bakehouses, cleansing, &c., is shewn to
have been carried out in thirty-two instances, whereas that number
represents those cases only in which it was necessary to serve
notices, the whole of the Bakehouses in the Parish having been
cleansed at least twice during the year, representing more than
200 operations. Similar remarks apply to many other items.