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Battersea 1910
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1910
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The sanitary supervision of these premises is governed by
by-laws which were revised in 1904 and having been duly approved
by the Local Government Board are now in force in the Borough.
Smoke Nuisance.
Emissions of black smoke were reported during the year 1910
on 51 occasions. In seven instances these were reported by the
Coal Smoke Abatement Society, in sixteen by the Council's Sanitary
Inspectors, and in 28 cases by the London County Council.
Twenty-three preliminary and two statutory notices were served,
but no legal proceedings were taken during the year.
Paving of Yards and Forecourts.
The following table shows the number of backyards and forecourts wholly or partly paved during 1910:—
| Sanitary District. | Backyards. | Forecourts. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholly paved. | Partly paved. | Wholly paved. | Partly paved. | ||
| 12 ft. or more from back addition. | Less than 12 ft. from back addition. | ||||
| 1 | — | — | 48 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | 13 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | — | 14 | 27 | — | — |
| 4 | — | — | 7 | 1 | — |
| 5 | 1 | — | 177 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | — |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | — |
| 8 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 16 | 22 | 315 | 34 | 23 |
Legal proceedings were taken for breaches of By-laws in four
instances, results of which will be found set out on page 90.
Hygienic Street Paving.
This important and useful hygienic work has been referred
to fully in past annual reports. It will only be necessary, therefore,
to advert to the remarkable decline in the death rate, both general
and infantile, and to the equally remarkable decrease in the incidence
of dangerous infectious disease, which has taken place in recent
years in the Borough, coincident with such hygienic improvements
as the impervious paving of many of the side streets of the Borough.