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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 1912

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1912

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Table: Proceedings during 1912. (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.)

Proceedings during 1912. (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, 1912.No. of Intimation Notices 1912.No of Prosecutions 1912.
On Register at end of 1911.Added in 1912.Removed in 1912.On Register at end of 1912.
Milk premises17661217057612—
Cowsheds3—12*——
Slaughterhouses4—13504——
Other offensive trade premises2——222——
Ice-cream premises17425181814919—
Registered houses let in lodgings123——12332198—

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* These premises are subject to frequent inspection.
Total number of intimation notices served for all
purposes 3865
Overcrowding—
Number of dwelling-rooms overcrowded 72
Number remedied 72
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during the year 113
Number of rooms closed 113
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 —