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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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| Premises. | Number of Places. | No. of Inspections, 1907. | No. of Intimation Notices, 1907. | No. of Prosecutions 1907. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1906. | Added in 1907. | Removed in 1907. | On Register at end of 1907. | ||||
| Milk premises | 264 | 55 | 65 | 254 | 710 | 72 | — |
| Cowsheds | 3 | — | — | 3 | 14 | — | — |
| Slaughterhouses | 6 | — | 1 | 5 | 80 | — | — |
| Other offensive trade premises | 2 | — | — | 2 | 29 | 2 | — |
| Ice-cream premises | 104 | l6 | 10 | 110 | 284 | 18 | — |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 123 | — | — | 123 | — | 102 | — |
* These premises are subject to frequent inspection.
Total number of intimation notices served for
all purposes 5,794
Overcrowding—
Number of dwelling-rooms overcrowded 129
Number remedied 129
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during the
year 91
Number of rooms closed 91
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health
(London) Act 3
Number closed under the Housing of the
Working Classes Act —
Number of verminous premises cleansed
under Section 20 of the L.C.C.
(General Powers) Act, 1904 —