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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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Proceedings during 1908. (The following tables are suggested by the Medical Officer of Health to the County of London in order to secure uniformity of tabulation in the annual reports of the Medical Officers of Health of the Metropolitan Boroughs.)
| Premises. | Number of Places. | No. of Inspections, 1908. | No. of Intimation Notices 1908. | No of Prosecutions, 1908. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1907. | Added in 1908. | Removed in 1908. | On Register at end of 1908. | ||||
| Milk premises | 254 | 39 | 52 | 241 | 615 | 48 | — |
| Cowsheds | 3 | — | — | 3 | * | — | — |
| Slaughterhouses | 5 | — | — | 5 | 8 | — | — |
| Other offensive trade premises | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Ice-cream premises | 110 | 16 | 18 | 108 | 220 | 36 | — |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 123 | — | — | 123 | 603 | 129 | 9 |
* These premises are subject to frequent inspection.
Total number of intimation notices served for all
purposes 4,511
Overcrowding—
Number of dwelling-rooms overcrowded 88
Number remedied 88
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during the year 6
Number of rooms closed 6
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health
(London) Act —
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 3
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