London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
21
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 1953.
Sanitary Operations.
| Inspections- | New houses-certificates issued re water supply | 464 | |
| New houses | 464 | ||
| House-to-house | - | Houses supplied with water and fittings repaired | 30 |
| Houses let in separate tenements | - | ||
| Houses-following complaints | 4,196 | Additional water supplies to tenement houses | |
| Houses-following infectious disease | 1,812 | Water closets provided, supplied with water, or supply disconnected from drinking water cisterns | 15 |
| Gipsy vans | 11 | ||
| Public urinals and chalets | 71 | ||
| Re-inspections | 19,151 | ||
| Other visits | 2,323 | Water closets and urinals cleansed and repaired | 347 |
| Notices served- | |||
| Intimations | 2,058 | Drinking water cisterns cleansed and repaired | 71 |
| Statutory (Sec. 197 and 200) | 158 | ||
| Rain-water and waste pipes disconnected or repaired | 214 | ||
| Statutory (Fifth Schedule) 992 | |||
| Summonses issued | 91 | ||
| Magisterial Orders obtained | 55 | Soil pipes and drains ventilated | 96 |
| Drains laid to new houses | 464 | Defective roofs and gutters repaired | 944 |
| Drains relaid (wholly or partly) | 14 | ||
| Dustbins provided | 26 | ||
| Drains cleansed and rePaired | 215 | Yards paved or repaired | 79 |
| Premises disinfected | 857 | ||
| Drains tested (smoke) | 208 | Persons cleansed (including 1,943 children) | 2,087 |
| Found defective | 34 | ||
| Drains tested (water) | 1,438 | Articles disinfected | 7,380 |
| Drainage plans received | 123 | Rodent Control- | |
| Frontage drains constructed or reconstructed | 21 | Premises infested | 452 |
| Inspections | 6,776 | ||
Protection of Food Supply.
| inspections— | Inspections—contd. | ||
| Butchers' and other | Ice cream premises | 302 | |
| food shops | 1,076 | Restaurant kitchens | 909 |
| Fish shops | 299 | Samples taken | 586 |
| Food storage premises | 252 | Summonses issued | 5 |
| Dairies and milk shops | 302 |
Factories, Workshops and Shops.
| Inspections— | Inspections—contd. | ||
| Shops | 61 | Outworkers | 1,203 |
| do. (Pharmacy Act) | 19 | Smoke observations | 180 |
| Rag flock | 11 | Intimation notices served | 34 |
| Pet shops | 15 | Statutory notices served | 1 |
| Factories | 1,967 | Summonses issued | — |