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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: Common Lodging Houses. The following table gives a list of the Common Lodging Houses in the Borough:—

Common Lodging Houses. The following table gives a list of the Common Lodging Houses in the Borough:—

Premises.Authorised Number of Lodgers.Whether Males or Females.Date registered.
75 Falcon Road78MalesMarch, 1900
6 Orville Road18MalesJune, 1902
67 Winstanley Road66FemalesJuly, 1910

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Under the Common Lodging Houses Act, 1853-5 the London
County Council has control of all the common lodging houses
situate within the administrative county. All common lodging
houses must be licensed annually by the London County Council,
[L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1902. Part IX., sec. 46.] The
common lodging houses in Battersea are visited from time to time
by the Borough Council's Sanitary Officers in connection with
drainage defects, infectious disease, &c., &c.

Table: Block Dwellings. The following is a list of the Artizans' dwellings of the "Block" type in the Borough of Battersea with the number of tenements in each:—

Block Dwellings. The following is a list of the Artizans' dwellings of the "Block" type in the Borough of Battersea with the number of tenements in each:—

Name of Buildings.Situation.Owner.No. of tenements.
Battersea Bridge BuildingsBridge RoadLondon County Council69
Durham BuildingsYork Road"108
Victoria DwellingsBattersea Park RoadVictoria Dwel-ings Asso., Ltd.189
Lombard DwellingsLombard RoadExors. of Francis Ravenscroft36
Shaftesbury ChambersAshbury RoadArtizans, &c., Dwellings Co.22