London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices | Nil |
| Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Public | |
| Health Act notices were served requiring defects to be remedied (1,016 intimation notices) | |
| Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices— | |
| (i) By owners (1,269 intimation notices complied with) | |
| (ii) By Local Authority in default of owners | |
| Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made | Nil |
| Overcrowding— | |
| (a) New cases reported during the year | Nil |
| (b) Cases relieved during the year | Nil |
| (c) No. of cases on register at the end of the year | |
| Housing accommodation provided by the London County Council for Battersea families |
Staff.
Dr. Shirlaw vacated the appointment of Assistant Medical
Officer on entering- the Royal Army Medical Corps on the 8th
November.
Mr. F. H. White and Mr. E. G. Wren, Grade A clerks, entered
the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on the 16th January and the NonCombatant
Corps on the 11th December respectively.
Miss I. B. Abbott and Miss B. E. Prager, Health Visitors,
were seconded for duties in reception areas, the former to Cornwall
in April and the latter to Northampton in May.