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Battersea 1928

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

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Infectious Diseases—continued. Page
(ii.) Non-Notifiable Diseases 60
Chicken-pox: diarrhœa 60
Influenza: cancer : silicosis 61,131-133
Removal of the aged and infirm 62
Sanitary Circumstances.
Summary Table 63
Legal Proceedings 64-68
Common Lodging Houses 68
Drainage Work 68-70
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1928 62, 69, 70
Licensed Premises (Sanitary Conveniences) 70
Smoke and Effluvium Nuisances 70-71
Water Supply 71
Van Dwellings 71
Model dwellings, staircases 72
Rag Flock Act 73
Rats and Mice Destruction Act 73
Sanitary Conveniences 74
Rag and Bone Dealers 74
Fouling of Footways by Dogs 74
Personal Cleansing Station 78
Disinfecting and Disinfectants 75,79
Health Exhibition 75, 128 130
Coroner's Court and Mortuary 80
Staff 3,79
Thames Flooding 76-78
Protection of the Food Supply.
Inspection and Supervision 81
Unsound Food 81
Cow-Houses and Slaughter-Houses 81
Butchers' Shops 82
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924 82
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 82
Results of Analysis 83-84
Ice-Cream Vendors 88
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926 89
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915 88
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923 89
Milk Shops 89
Public Health (Preservatives, & c., in Food) Regulations, 1925 90
Agricultural Produce and Merchandise Marks Acts 91
Fish Shops, Restaurant Kitchens, Street Stalls 91 92
Factories, Workshops, &c.—General Tables 93
Factories 94
Workshops 95
Outworkers 96-97,99
Bakehouses, Warehouses and Wharves 98
Housing.
General 100
New Houses 100
Overcrowding 100
Legal decision, Council v. Watts 102-104
Repair of Unfit Houses 102
Appeals 105
Closing Orders 105
Underground Rooms 105
Increase of Rent, &c.. Acts 106
Action under Section 5, Housing Act, 1925 106
Insanitary Areas 106
Houses let in Tenements 107
Insanitary Houses 107-109
Statistics and Summary of Housing Work 110-111
Appendices.
Table I. Summary of Vital Statistics 112
„ II. Infectious Disease Notifications 113
„ III. Causes of, and Ages at, Death 114
„ IV. Infant Mortality 115 118
Tuberculosis Scheme of the Borough Council—
Return of Work of the Dispensary 119 121
Report of Tuberculosis Medical Officer 122 127
Health Exhibition—Report of Medical Officer of Health 128-130
Silicosis—Report of Medical Officer of Health 131-133