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Battersea 1925
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1925
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Statistics for the year ending 31st December, 1925.
| 1. General. | |
|---|---|
| 172,100 | |
| (b) General death rate | 10.5 per 1,000 |
| (c) Death rate from tuberculosis | 1.16 per 1,000 |
| 58.4 per 1,000 | |
| 27,848 | |
| (/) Estimated number of working-class dwelling-houses | 24,956 |
| *20 | |
2. Unfit Dwelling-Houses.
| (a) Inspection— | |
|---|---|
| 6,641 | |
| (b) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 | † 3,355 |
| (c) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 1 |
| (d) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the previous heading) not found to be in all respects reasonably fit for habitation | 3,289 |
| (b) Remedy of defects without service of formal notice— | |
| Number of dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the local authority or their officers | 397 |
| (c) Action under Statutory Powers— | |
| (I.) Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919.‡ | |
| 53 | |
| (b) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit— | |
| (i.) By owners | 57 |
* Includes six tenements erected under Plough Road Improvement Scheme.
† Now Part IV. of the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 (S.R. & O.
860/1925).
‡ Now Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925, which came into force 1st
July, 1925.