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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 1907

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1907

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Table: The following is a list of certificates for exemption from inhabited house duty granted by the Medical Officer of Health in each year since 1890 :—

The following is a list of certificates for exemption from inhabited house duty granted by the Medical Officer of Health in each year since 1890 :—

Year.No. of Certificates Granted.Year.No. of Certificates Granted.
1890243189968
1891113190093
1892165190132
1893201190228
189491190397
1895911904232
1896120190561
189727190611
18988219078

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The number of tenements inspected by the Medical Officer
of Health during 1907 was 43. The certificate was refused in
35 instances, and in the remainder it was granted after structural
and other alterations had been carried out to improve the
sanitary condition of the dwellings.
Water Supply.
No samples were examined during 1907.
Smoke Nuisance.
Emissions of black smoke were reported on 75 occasions.
Fifty-one reports were made by the Council's inspectors,
15 by the Coal Smoke Abatement Society, and 9 by the London
County Council. Sixty-eight intimations and 12 statutory
notices were served, and 16 summonses were taken out, the
fines and costs amounting to £17 is.
Frequent reports are made of emission of black smoke
for periods varying from one to three minutes. These, while
they are undoubtedly infringements of the Act, are usually due
to stoking and are not sufficiently serious to take legal action.
Cautionary letters are however sent, and these in the majority
of instances are followed by an improvement.