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Battersea 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Sanitary Circumstances.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE BOROUGH.
Summary of Sanitary Operations for the Year 1934.
Complaints received and
attended to 4,332
Number of house inspections 34,295
House to house inspections 725
Houses let in separate tenements
on register 66
No. of inspections of do. 757
Premises improved, cleansed
and repaired 2,202
Underground sleeping rooms :
Use discontinued
Defects remedied
Overcrowding abated 20
Leaky house-roofs and gutters
repaired 527
Yards and forecourts paved
and repaired 239
Drains laid to new houses and
tenements 50
Drains tested—Smoke tests 552
Do. Water tests 1,142
Drains relaid 113
Drains cleansed and repaired 406
Frontage drains constructed
or re-constructed 58
Mews and stables drained and
paved 3
Soil pipes and drains ventilated 168
Sink and rain-water pipes
disconnected or repaired 227
Houses inspected and certificates
granted (Sec. 48) 50
Houses supplied with water
and fittings repaired 66
Cisterns covered, cleansed and
repaired 124
Additional water supplies to
upper floors 21
Water closets provided,
supplied with water or
supply disconnected from
drinking water cisterns 44
Water closets cleansed and
repaired 614
Cesspools abolished 1
Dust receptacles provided 770
Urinals—inspections 155
Do. altered, repaired or
water laid on 49
Accumulations of manure and
other obnoxious matter removed
or proper receptacles
provided 6
Keeping of animals in unfit
state discontinued 10
Gipsy van inspections 70
Factories, Workshops, &c.,
inspections 2,643
Sanitary conveniences provided
or improvements
effected in Factories and
Workshops (Sec. 38) 49
Bakehouse inspections 97
Bakehouse nuisances abated 15
Smoke observations 61
Premises disinfected 2,954
Houses supplied with disinfectants
413
Certificates of disinfection
granted 6,562
Intimation notices (Sec. 3) 3,175
Notices served under Sec.4,&c. 1,318
Notices served under Sees.
62 & 65 4,457
Proceedings ordered by Council
and Health Committee 3,205
Summonses issued 23
Magisterial Orders obtained
and enforced 14
Samples taken under the Food
and Drugs (Adulteration) Act 1,200
Miscellaneous 1,683
Total Sanitary Operations 66,589