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Each of the chalets is provided with free accommodation
for both sexes, and has two lavatories, one for each sex,
attached. There are also 9 public urinals maintained by the
Borough Council at:—
Town Hall Road.
Nine Elms Lane (near steam-boat pier).
Do. (by Rifleman public-house).
Battersea Park Road (near S.E. &C.D. Railway
Station).
Do. (near L.B. &S.C. Railway
Station).
Forfar Road.
Church Dock, Church Road.
Wye Street.
Vicarage Road.
Urinal accommodation, accessible to the general public,
is also provided at 97 public-houses.
The number of public conveniences in Battersea is therefore
112, and these are all kept under close supervision by the
sanitary staff.
Ambulances.
The Council has for some years provided a wheeled handambulance
at the châlets in Battersea Park Road, Queen's
Road (2), York Road and Lavender Hill, and one is stationed
at the corner of Nightingale Lane and Bolingbroke Grove,
there being six ambulances in all. The ambulances are freely
accessible to the public, and each is provided with splints and
surgical dressings. The ambulances are not infrequently used,
particularly by the police, to convey injured persons to hospital,
and they are undoubtedly of considerable service to the district.
Stables.
During the year a systematic inspection was made of all
the stables in Battersea. The total number of stables was
570, and in these were kept 3,065 horses and 18 donkeys. In
213 stables only one animal was kept on the premises, in 296