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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 1913

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

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Table:

Situation of Vans.No. of Vans.No. of Occupants.
Males.Females.
Mill's Yard, 88 Sheepcote Lane3*27
" 80 "4*43
Manley's Yard, Falcon Road465
,, ,, Cabul Road28†3142
Donovan's Ground, Cabul Road27†4635
Mill's Yard, Culvert Road12*2018
"Gray's Fair," Lavender Hill81111
Total86120121

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* Including one shed. † Including one cottage.
These vans undergo frequent inspection by the Council's
Sanitary Inspectors, both by night as well as day. During the
year, 30 vans were found to be overcrowded, and notices under
the by-laws were served, where necessary, to abate the nuisance.
Two cases of infectious disease were notified from amongst
van dwellers during 1913.

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 Acts, 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.,
Section 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.