Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1927
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Statistics for the year ending 31st December, 1927.
| 1. General. | ||
| 169,000 | ||
| 12.2 per 1,000 | ||
| (c) Death rate from tuberculosis | 1.04 per 1,000 | |
| 53.5 per 1,000 | ||
| 27,901 | ||
| (f) Estimated number of working class dwelling-houses | 25,010 | |
| (g) Number of new working class dwellings erected | *90 | |
| 2. Unfit Dwelling-Houses. | ||
| (a) Inspection— | ||
| 5,384 | ||
| 3,909 | ||
| (c) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for habitation ... | Nil | |
| 3,582 | ||
| (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 | 407 | |
| (c) Action under statutory powers— | ||
| (I.) Proceedings under section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925 | ||
| †24 | ||
| 35 | ||
| (ii.) Work commenced by local authority but workmen subsequently withdrawn and work completed by owner | Nil | |
*Includes 18 tenements erected under Plough Road Improvement Scheme.
† In addition 1 notice was re-served.