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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Inspections made during the year numbered 84, of which
61 were to factory bakehouses, and 15 intimation and 2 statutory
notices were served, mainly for failure to carry out the half-yearly
cleansing or lime-whiting of the bakehouses within the statutory
period.
Warehouses and Wharves, &c.
At the end of 1936 there were 63 premises on the register,
including railway yards, mews and stables. These premises are
systematically inspected, and during the year 49 inspections were
made. Twenty-three intimation notices and 6 statutory notices
were served to remedy nuisances found on inspection, and were
complied with.