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Battersea 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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110
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 17 of the Housing Act, 1930, or under the provisions of section 19 of the Act, during 1933.
| Street. | Houses dealt with | Street. | Houses dealtwith. | Street. | Houses dealt with. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dashwood Road | 31 | Castle Street ... | 3 | Mantua Street ... | 2 |
| Church Road ... | 3 | Meyrick Road... | 2 | ||
| Goulden Street... | 1 | Newman Street | 1 | ||
| Henning Street | 1 | Shillington Street | 2 | ||
| Inworth Street... | 1 | ||||
| Octavia Street | 2 | ||||
| Anerley Street | Orbel Street | 3 | Eversleigh Road | 1 | |
| Austin Road | 11 | Randall Street | 13 | Latchmere Road | 23 |
| Berkeley Street | 1‡ | Somerset Street | 2 | ||
| Chatham Street | 4 | Stanmer Street | 27 | ||
| Doddington Grove | Abyssinia Road | 4 | |||
| Gladstone Terrace | 6 | Darien Road | 3 | ||
| Latchmere Street | 1 | Este Road | 3 | Hibbert Street | 1 |
| Longhedge Street | 5 | Gwynne Road | 1 | Hope Street | 15 |
| Orkney Street | 1 | Heaver Road | 1 | Knox Road | 4 |
| Pagden Street | 3 | Kambala Road | 1 | ||
| Raywood Street | 1 | Lavender Road | 2 | ||
| Rollo Street | 1 | Lavender Terrace | 1 | ||
| Sheepcote Lane | 4‡ | Lubeck Street | 1 | Eccles Road | 1 |
| District No. 1 | 1 street | 31 houses |
| ,, „ 2 | 13 streets | 42 „ |
| „ ,, 3 | 10 „ | 56 „ |
| ,, ,, 4 | 17 „ | |
| ,, „ 5 | 24 „ | |
| ,, „ 6 | 5 „ | 27 „ |
| ,, ,, 7 | 1 street | 1 house |
| ,, „ 8 | — | — |
| Total | 43 streets | 198 houses |
The following is a list of streets in the Borough in which houses
were the subject of action during the previous year, either informally
or by the service of notice under section 17 or 19 of the Housing Act,
1930, but to which the necessary action had not been completed
during 1932.
‡See also page 109 (Demolition Orders).