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These cases were reported to the Health Committee, who in
the circumstances reported to them ordered the offenders to be
cautioned except in two cases where legal proceedings (the result
of which is shown on page 72) were instituted.
During the year 1935, drains were tested by smoke on 400
occasions and in 104 cases the drains were found defective. The
water test was applied on 1,457 occasions, this being mainly
applied to drains in course of construction or reconstruction.
Soil pipes and drains were ventilated in 196 instances.
Water closets were provided in 31 cases and existing closets
repaired in 748 cases.
The total number of drains relaid during the year was 113.
Those cleansed and repaired numbered 398.
Public Cleansing.
The collection of house and trade refuse is carried out weekly,
except in the case of blocks of dwellings, hospitals, schools, &c.,
where the collection is carried out more frequently. The refuse
is disposed of partly by burning at the Council's destructor, but
by far the larger amount is removed by barge to suitable "tips"
outside London. The removal is carried out under contract which
imposes stringent conditions for the avoidance of nuisance.

The use of the destructor at Culvert Road (which was nearly
50 years old) was discontinued at the end of 1935.
There are no earth-closets, privies or cesspools in the Borough.
Houses Let in Separate Tenements.
Bye-laws with regard to houses let in separate tenements were
made by the London County Council in 1925 and in 1931 under
the provisions of the Housing Act, 1925.
These bye-laws, so far as they are applicable, are being enforced
by the Council.
There are 66 premises in Battersea registered as houses let in
separate tenements and 843 inspections of these premises were made
in 1935.