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Battersea 1907

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

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194
Workshops inspections and re-inspections 1.558
Workrooms measured 54
Workshops notified to H.M. Inspector 36
Cards distributed showing number of persons legally
employed in workrooms 22
Written intimations issued 192
Statutory notices served 65
Defects discovered in Workshops and remedied :—
Workrooms in a dirty condition 114
,, overcrowded 5
„ badly ventilated 1
,, with defective walls or ceilings 20
,, with defective floors 2
Workshops with defective yard paving 14
,, with defective drains 2
,, with blocked drains 5
,, without proper dustbins 17
,, with defective w.c. apparatus 23
,, with sanitary conveniences insufficient
in number or absent 4
,, with sanitary conveniences opening into
workrooms 1
,, with sanitary conveniences without
proper doors or fastenings —
„ with sanitary conveniences in dirty
condition 18
Coal bins provided in bakehouses —
Accumulations of refuse removed 10
Other defects remedied 16