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Battersea 1913

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1913

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Table: Preceedings during 1913.(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.)

Preceedings during 1913.

(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, 1913.No. of Intimation Notices, 1913.No. of Prosecutions, 1913.
On Register at end of 1912.Added in 1913.Removed in 1913.On Register at end of 1913.
Milk premises1708n16255329-
Cowsheds2—2*——
Slaughterhouses8—-8556—-
Other offensive trade premises2——219—-
Ice-cream premises181882618857521—
Registered houses let in lodgings128—911430984—

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* 1 hese premises are subject to frequent inspection.
Total number of intimation notices served for all
purposes 4172

Table: Overcrowding-

Overcrowding-

Number of dwelling-roams overcrowded68
Number remedied68
Number of prosecutions—

Table: Underground rooms—

Underground rooms—

Illegal occupation dealt with during the year112
Number of rooms closed112

Table: Insanitary houses—

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-