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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Battersea 1905

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

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Number of Prosecutions under Bye-laws under Public Health
Act, 1891, continued:—
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns,
&c. —
(h) With respect to water closets, earth closets, &c. 4
(i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to
water closets —
(j) With respect to drainage, &c. (Metropolis
Management Act, sec. 202) 2
(k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage,
&c. (Metropolis Management Acts Amendment
(Bye-laws) Act, 1889) —
Mortuaries.
Total number of bodies removed 253
Total number of infectious bodies removed 16