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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 1908
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908
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The following table shows the number of back-yards and forecourts wholly or partly paved during 1908: —
| Sanitary District. | Backyards. | Forecourts. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholly paved. | Partly paved. | Wholly paved. | Partly paved. | ||
| 12 ft. or more from back addition. | Less than 12 ft. from hack addition. | ||||
| 1 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 21 | 19 |
| 2 | 24 | — | 53 | 8 | 1 |
| 3 | 15 | 40 | 70 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 35 | 67 | 53 | 7 | 5 |
| 5 | — | — | 414 | 1 | 23 |
| 6 | 21 | — | 32 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | — | 14 | 7 |
| 8 | 7 | 7 | — | 5 | |
| Totals | 114 | 126 | 652 | 60 | 70 |
In connection with the paving of yards, etc., in the Borough
of Battersea, the Medical Officer of Health reported to the Health
Committee, and the Committee gave instructions for notices re
paving of yards to be referred to the Solicitor for enforcement
if thought advisable by him, and not to be allowed to lapse as
had hitherto been the case; the Medical Officer's report was as
follows:—
". . . . The question of the paving of yards and forecourts
is a very important one, which has been engaging my
attention for some time, and I find that there are at present
a large number of notices in different parts of the Borough not