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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 1925
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1925
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A summary of the work carried out during the years 1919 to 1926 under the Housing Acts and the nuisance clauses of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, is shown in the following table:—
| Total No. for the Years | Grand Total. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919-1920. | 1921-1925. | ||||||||
| No. of cases in which notice under section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925 (or section 28 of the Housing Act, 1919) has been served | 211 | 622 | 833 | ||||||
| Average per year | 105.5 | 124.4 | 119 | ||||||
| No. of cases dealt with under the Housing Acts in which it was not necessary to serve notices | 1,578 | 1,556 | 3,134 | ||||||
| Average per year | 789 | 311.2 | 447.7 | ||||||
| * Total No. of houses dealt with under the Housing Acts (ex-clusive of Closing Orders) | 1,789 | 2,178 | 3,967 | ||||||
| Average per year | 894.5 | 435.6 | 566.7 | ||||||
| No. of Closing Orders made | 11 | 3 | 14 | ||||||
| No. of cases dealt with under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | |||||||||
| 7,019 | 16,038 | 23,057 | |||||||
| Average per year | 3,509.5 | 3,207.6 | 3,293.9 | ||||||
| Total number of cases in which defects were found | 8,819 | 18,219 | 27,038 | ||||||
| Average per year | 4,409.5 | 3,643.8 | 3,862.6 | ||||||
| No. of cases in which it was neces-sary for the Council's Works Department to enter and carry out work in default of compli-ance by the owners with notice under section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925 (or section 28 of the Housing Act, 1919) | 17 | 66 | 83 | ||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d | s. | d | ||||
| Cost of such work | 2,891 | 15 | 6 | 10,199 | 14 | 2 | 13,091 | 9 | 8 |
* The Housing, etc., Act, 1919, came into operation on 31st July, 1919.