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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 1926
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1926
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| No. 6 District. | |||||
| Cairns Road | 1 | Livingstone Rd | 10 | Plough Road | 3 |
| Grant Road | 6 | Maysoule Road | 7 | Usk Road | 8 |
| Harbut Road | 1 | ||||
| Total:—7 streets, 36 houses. | |||||
| No. 7 District. | |||||
| Leathwaite Road | 1 | Limburg Road | 1 | Marney Road | 1 |
| Total:—3 streets, 3 houses. | |||||
| No. 8 District. | |||||
| Chatham Road | 1 | Darley Road | 1 | ||
| Total:—2 streets, 2 houses. | |||||
Summary.
| No. 1 District | 5 streets | 7 houses |
| „ 2 „ | 6 ,, | 34 „ |
| ,, 3 ,, | 10 „ | 28 „ |
| „ 4 „ | 21 „ | 62 „ |
| ,, 5 ,, | 5 „ | 15 „ |
| ,, 6 „ | 7 „ | 36 ,, |
| ,, 7 ,, | 3 „ | 3 „ |
| ,, 8 „ | 2 „ | 2 „ |
| Totals | 59 streets | 187 houses |
Statistics for the year ending 31st December, 1926.
1. General.
(a) Estimated population 171,900
(b) General Death Rate 11.4 per 1,000
(c) Death rate from tuberculosis 0.97 per 1,000
(d) Infantile mortality rate 61.6 per 1,000
(e) Number of premises used as habitations by all
classes 27,847
(/) Estimated number of working class dwelling-
houses 24,956
(g) Number of new working class dwellings
erected *28
2. Unfit Dwelling-Houses.
(a) Inspection—
(a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 6,728
(b) Number of dwelling-houses which were
inspected and recorded under Part IV of
the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 3,265
* Includes 18 tenements erected under Plough Road Improvement Scheme.