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Battersea 1907

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

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to be in a dirty or defective condition these were cleansed and
repaired.
The following- is a summary of the year's work carried
out in connection with the sanitary condition of workshops,
&c. During- the year 3,917 visits of inspection to factories
and workshops and workplaces, exclusive of home workers
visits, have been made by the workshops Inspectors. In
addition, the district Sanitary Inspectors in the ordinary
course of their duties, have made 512 inspections of factories,
workshops and workplaces, principally in connection with
drainage defects.
Paving.—47 Intimation notices have been served for
defective paving of floors, yards, &c., of premises used as
factories, workshops and workplaces, as follows :—
Factories 4
Workshops and Workplaces 43
In 45 of these cases the notices have been complied with,
and in connection with the remainder the work is in hand.
The following is a tabulated statement of the work carried
out in connection with workshop inspection during the year,
so far as it admits of tabulation :—