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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 1927

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1927

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Table: The following table shows the result of such action during the year.

The following table shows the result of such action during the year.

Referred in 1926 but not dealt with in that year.Referred in 1927.Total.
Families accommodated23133
Offer declined by applicant or applicant otherwise suited21425
Recommendation not accepted by L.C.C.939*48
Still under consideration651†57
Total38125163

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*Includes 1 case twice submitted.
†Includes 2 cases twice submitted.

Table: Insanitary Houses. The following is a list of streets in the Borough in which houses were found, on inspection, to be insanitary, and were dealt with by the Council under the provisions of the Housing Acts, either informally or by the service of notice under section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925, during 1927.

Insanitary Houses. The following is a list of streets in the Borough in which houses were found, on inspection, to be insanitary, and were dealt with by the Council under the provisions of the Housing Acts, either informally or by the service of notice under section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925, during 1927.

Street.Houses dealt withStreet.Houses dealt with.Street.Houses dealt with.
No 1 District.
Belfour Street1Savona Street7Woodgate Street1
Corunna Road1Stewarts Road1
Total:—5 streets, 11 houses.
No. 2 District.
Berkeley Street10Brougham Street26Longhedge Street2
Blondel Street8Havelock Terrace1Sheepcote Lane2
Total:—6 streets, 49 houses.
No. 3 District.
B'sea Park Road1Home Road1Octavia Street2
Granfield Street9Inworth Street2Radstock Street1
Total:—6 streets, 16 houses.