Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]
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Shelters provided under Section 60 (4) of the Public
Health (London) Act—
Number of persons accommodated during the
year
Revenue Acts—
Number of houses for which applications were
received during year 17
Number of tenements comprised therein 29
Number of tenements for which certificates
were:—(a) Granted 12
(6) Refused 9
(c) Deferred 8
Number of prosecutions under bye-laws under Public
Health (London) Act, 1891—
(a) For prevention of nuisance arising from
snow, ice, salt, filth, &c. -
(b) For prevention of nuisance arising from
offensive matter running out of any
manufactory, &c. —
(c) For prevention of keeping of animals in
such a manner as to be injurious to
health —
(d) As to paving of yards, &c., of dwelling
houses —
(e) In connection with the removal of offensive
matter, &c. —
(/) As to cesspools and privies, removal and
disposal of refuse, &c. —
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cis-
terns, &c. —
(h) With respect to water-closets, &c. —
(i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply
to water closets —
(j) With respect to drainage, &c. (Metropolis
Management Act, Section 202) —
(k) With respect to deposit of plans as to
drainage, &c. (Metropolis Management
Acts Amendment (Bye-laws) Act, 1899) —
Mortuary—
Total number of bodies removed 287
Total number of infectious bodies removed 10