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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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35
Sanitary Circumstances.
The following table sets out in summarised form the details of
the main work of the Department in relation to sanitation :—
Summary of Main Operations for the Year 1947.
| Sanitary Operations. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections— | Drainage plans received | 74 | |
| New houses | 119 | Frontage drains con structed or reconstructed | 15 |
| House-to-house | — | ||
| Houses let in separate tenements | - | ||
| New houses—certificates issued re water supply | 119 | ||
| Houses—following complaints | 8,506 | ||
| Houses supplied with water and fittings repaired ... | 178 | ||
| Houses—following infectious disease | 737 | ||
| Gipsy vans | — | Additional water supplies to tenement houses | 3 |
| common Lodging Houses | 37 | Water closets provided, supplied with water, or supply disconnected from drinking water cisterns | 79 |
| Public urinals and chalets | 78 | ||
| Re-inspections | 23,881 | ||
| Other visits . | 6,320 | Water closets and urinals cleansed and repaired | 920 |
| Notices served— | |||
| Intimations | 4,900 | Drinking water cisterns cleansed and repaired | 105 |
| Statutory (Sec. 197 and 200) | 154 | ||
| Rain-water and waste pipes disconnected or repaired | 361 | ||
| Statutory (Fifth „ Schedule) | 2,722 | ||
| Summonses issued | 159 | Soil pipes and drains ventilated | 78 |
| Magisterial Orders obtained | 52 | ||
| Defective roofs and gutters repaired | 1,445 | ||
| Drains laid to new houses | 119 | ||
| Dustbins provided | 273 | ||
| Drains relaid (wholly or partly) | .40 | Yards paved or repaired | 158 |
| Premises disinfected | 1,067 | ||
| Drains cleansed and rePaired | 486 | Persons cleansed (including 3,924 children) | 5,165 |
| Drains tested (smoke) | 142 | Articles disinfected | 10,910 |
| do- do. (water) | 842 | Rat repression— | |
| do- found defective | 72 | premises inspected | 2,430 |
| Protection of Food Supply. | |||
| Nspections— | Inspections—contd. | ||
| Butchers' and other food shops | 1,091 | Dairies and milk shops | 125 |
| Ice cream premises | 132 | ||
| Slaughterhouses | 46 | Restaurant kitchens | 114 |
| Fish shops | 99 | Samples taken | 1,221 |
| Food storage premises | 17 | Summonses isued | 2 |