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Battersea 1938

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

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81
Sanitary Circumstances.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE BOROUGH.

Table: Summary of Sanitary Operations for the Year 1938. (Public Health (London) Act, 1936, &c.)

Summary of Sanitary Operations for the Year 1938. (Public Health (London) Act, 1936, &c.)

Complaints attended to3 399Water closets cleansed and repaired836
Number of house inspections37,801
House to house inspections1,361Cesspools abolished—
Houses let in separate tenements on register65Urinals—inspections56
Do. cleansed, altered, repaired or water laid on40
No. of inspections of do.275
Shops Act inspections33Dust receptacles provided190
Premises improved, cleansed and repaired2,636Accumulations of manure and other obnoxious matter removed or proper receptacles provided8
Underground rooms:
Use discontinued86
Rooms rendered fit127
Keeping of animals in unfit state discontinued4
Overcrowding abated196
Leaky house-roofs and gutters repaired744Gipsy van inspections20
Factories, &c., inspections2,479
Yards and forecourts paved and repaired555Sanitary conveniences provided or improvements effected in Factories (Sec. 7)23
Drains laid to new houses and tenements114
Bakehouse inspections92
Drains tested—Smoke tests188Bakehouse nuisances abated37
Do. Water teste1,446Smoke observations73
Drains relaid (wholly or partly)67Premises disinfected2,397
Houses supplied with disinfectants77
Drains cleansed and repaired352
Frontage drains constructed or re-constructed25Certificates of disinfection granted3,628
Mews and stables drained and paved-
Intimation notices3,031
Statutory Notices—
Soil pipes and drains ventilated174Sections 197 & 2003,159
Sink and rain-water pipes disconnected or repaired565Fifth schedule, &c.1,262
Proceedings ordered by Council and Health Committee3,086
Houses inspected and certificates granted (Sec. 95)114Summonses issued83
Houses supplied with water and fittings repaired37Magisterial Orders obtained and enforced61
Cisterns covered, cleansed or repaired95Samples taken under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act1,200
Additional water supplies to tenement houses24Miscellaneous3,537
Total sanitary operations73,231
Water closets provided, supplied with water or supply disconnected from drinking water cisterns56