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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 1910
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1910
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Proceeding's during 1910. (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 Inspec-tions, 1910. | No. of Intima-tion Notices 1910 | No of Prose-cutions 1910. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1909. | Added in 1910. | Removed in 1910. | On Register at end of 1910. | ||||
| Milk premises | 178 | 41 | 34 | 185 | 836 | 35 | — |
| Cowsheds | 3 | — | — | 3 | * | — | — |
| Slaughterhouses | 5 | — | — | 5 | 295 | — | — |
| Other offensive trade pre-mises | 2 | — | — | 2 | 16 | — | — |
| Ice-cream premises | 156 | 57 | 28 | 185 | 403 | 50 | 2 |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 123 | — | — | 123 | 305 | 154 | — |
Total number of intimation notices served for all
purposes 4,318
Overcrowding—
Number of dwelling-rooms overcrowded 79
Number remedied 79
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during the year 33
Number of rooms closed 33
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 —