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Battersea 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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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 1952.
Sanitary Operations.
Inspections—
New houses 21
House-to-house
Houses let in separate
tenements —
Houses —following
complaints 4,231
Houses —following
infectious disease 1,890
Gipsy vans 9
Common Lodging
Houses —
Public urinals and
chalets 74
Re-inspections 22,042
Other visits 2,648
Notices served —
Intimations 2,357
Statutory (Sec. 197 and
200) 233
Statutory (Fifth
Schedule) 1,233
Summonses issued - 137
Magisterial Orders obtained
41
Drains laid to new houses 21
Drains relaid (wholly or
partly) 17
Drains cleansed and repaired
229
Drains tested (smoke) 166
Found defective 50
Drains tested (water) 1,262
Drainage plans received 104
Frontage drains constructed
or reconstructed 15
New houses —certificates
issued re water supply 21
Houses supplied with
water and fittings repaired
55
Additional water supplies
to tenement houses 12
Water closets provided,
supplied with water,
or supply disconnected
from drinking water
cisterns
Water closets and urinals
cleansed and repaired 494
Drinking water cisterns
cleansed and repaired 122
Rain-water and waste
pipes disconnected or
repaired 232
Soil pipes and drains
ventilated 28
Defective roofs and
gutters repaired 1,097
Dustbins provided 15
Yards paved or repaired 160
Premises disinfected 910
Persons cleansed (including
1,994 children) 2,170
Articles disinfected 20,956
Rat repression—
Premises infested 248
Inspections 3,422
Protection of Food Supply
Inspections—
Butchers' and other
food shops 1,038
Fish shops 423
Food storage premises 247
Dairies and milk shops 301
Inspections—contd.
Ice cream premises 576
Restaurant kitchens 1,006
Samples taken 500
Summonses issued 2
Factories, Workshops and Shops
Inspections—
Shops 128
Inspections—contd.
Outworkers 1,085
do. (Pharmacy Act) 25
Rag flock 7
Smoke observations 206
Intimation notices served 56
Pet shops 17
Statutory notices served -
Summonses issued 2
Factories 2,325