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Battersea 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Sanitary Circumstances—
Summary 45
Legal Proceedings 46-48
Common Lodging-houses 49
Drainage 49
Revenue Act (1903) Certificates 49
Licensed Premises Sanitary Conveniences 49
Smoke Nuisances 49
Van Dwellings 49
Water Supply 50
Rag Flock Act 50
Personal Cleansing Station 51
Disinfecting Department 51
Mortuary and Inquests 53
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act 54
Protection of Food Supply—
Unsound Food 57
Butchers' Shops 58
Cow and Slaughter-houses 58
Food Control Order 59
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts—
Summary 59
Warranty Defence 61
Analyst's Reports 63
Legal Proceedings 48
Ice Cream 68
Milk Shops 68
Restaurant-Kitchens 68
Fish Shops 68
Milk and Cream Regulations 68
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework—
Tabular Summary 70
Factories 71
Workshops 72
Homework 74
Bakehouses 75
Out-workers 75
Warehouses and Wharves 76
Summary of Legal Proceedings 76
Housing—
Housing Problem 77
Repair of Unfit Houses 78
Insanitary Houses 80
Closing Orders 82
Unhealthy Areas 83
Increase of Rent, etc., Act, 1920 84
Statistics 84
Appendices—
Table I.—Vital Statistics 89
,, II.—Cases of Infectious Disease 90
,, III.—Deaths (Causes and Ages) 91
,, IV.—Infant Mortality 92
,, V.—Deaths Registered 96