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The number of tenements inspected by the Medical Officer
of Health during 1905 was 67, 36 of which were erected
by the Council in Town Hall Road and Theatre Street.
Of the remaining 31 cases, the certificate was refused in
6 instances, and in the remainder it was granted after
structural alterations had been carried out to improve the
sanitary condition of the dwellings.
Stables.
There are 576 stables in Battersea, which afford accommodation
for over 3,000 horses. The stables are kept
under systematic supervision by the district sanitary inspectors
and efforts are made to secure a frequent removal of the manure.
The ordinary nuisance sections of the Public Health Act were
found to be inadequate to deal effectively with the serious form
of nuisance arising from the accumulation of manure in stables,
and in the spring of last year the Health Committee recommended
the Council to exercise the fuller powers conferred upon
Sanitary Authorities by section 36, sub-section 2 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891. The sub-section is in these
terms:—
Notice may be given by a Sanitary Authority (by public
announcement in the district or otherwise) requiring
the periodical removal of manure or other refuse matter
from stables, cowhouses, or other premises; and where
any such notice has been given, if any person to whom
the manure or other refuse matter belongs fails to
comply with the notice, he shall be liable without