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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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condition of the ventilation in the sewers, something further
will have to be done to prevent this kind of nuisance from
periodically arising. The use of upcast shafts can, in my opinion,
at best prove but a palliative, and of themselves are quite incapable
of fulfilling the object for which they are, at considerable cost,
erected.

Table: Van Dwelling's. The number of these dwellings in Battersea in 1908 was 73 as compared with 81 in 1907. In the following table are set out the situation and number of occupants:—

Van Dwelling's. The number of these dwellings in Battersea in 1908 was 73 as compared with 81 in 1907. In the following table are set out the situation and number of occupants:—

Situation of Vans.No. of Vans.No. of Occupants.
Males.Females.
Mill's Yard, 88 Sheepcote Lane5*76
„ 80 „4*43
Gurling's Yard, High Street71010
Manley's Yard, Falcon Road586
„ Cabul Road20†1725
Donovan's Ground, Cabul Road14†2317
Mill's Yard, Culvert Road14*1826
Gray's Fair," Lavender Hill458
Total7392101

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* Including 1 shed.
‡ Including 1 cottage.
There is also a structure at the rear of 55, Cabul Road,
occupied by a Mr. Sprat.