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Battersea 1905

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1905

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Overcrowding, 1905.
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 39
Number remedied 39
Number of prosecutions —
Underground Rooms.
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 7
Number of rooms closed 7
Insanitary Houses.
Number closed under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891 —
Number closed under the Housing of the Working
Classes Act —
Shelters provided under sec. 60 (4) of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891.
Number of persons accommodated during the year 33
Revenue Acts.
Number of houses for which applications were
received during the year 63
Number of tenements comprised therein 67
Number of tenements for which certificates were—
(a) granted 61
(b) refused 6
(c) deferred —
Number of Prosecutions under Bye-laws under Public Health
Act, 1891.
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from snow,
ice, salt, filth, &c. —
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from offensive
matter running out of any manufactory, &c. —
(c) For the prevention of keeping of animals in such
a manner as to be injurious to health —
(d) As to paving of yards, &c., of dwelling houses 13
(e) In connection with the removal of offensive
matter, &c. —
(f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal
of refuse, &c.