Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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Sanitary Operations. | |||
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Inspections— | New houses—certificates issued re water supply | ||
New houses | 358 | 358 | |
House-to-house | — | Houses supplied with water and fittings repaired | |
Houses let in separate tenements | 25 | 75 | |
Houses—following complaints | 3,922 | Additional water supplies to tenement houses | — |
Houses—following infectious disease | 736 | Water closets provided, supplied with water, or supply disconnected from drinking water cisterns | |
Gipsy vans | — | ||
Public urinals and chalets | 62 | 5 | |
Re-inspections | 18,787 | Water closets and urinals cleansed and repaired | |
Other visits | 2,545 | 364 | |
Notices served— | Drinking water cisterns cleansed and repaired | ||
Intimations | 2,022 | 113 | |
Statutory (Sec. 197 and 200) | 152 | Rain-water and waste pipes disconnected or repaired | |
Statutory (Fifth Schedule) | 995 | 165 | |
Soil pipes and drains ventilated | |||
Summonses issued | 106 | 70 | |
Magisterial Orders obtained | 48 | Defective roofs and gutters repaired | 860 |
Drains laid to new houses | 358 | Dustbins provided | 44 |
Drains relaid (wholly or partly) | 15 | Yards paved or repaired Premises disinfected | 56 818 |
Drains cleansed and repaired | 194 | Personal Cleansing Treatments— | |
Drains tested (smoke) | 104 | To adults | 214 |
Found defective | 35 | To children | 2,383 |
Drains tested (water) | 1,496 | Articles disinfected | 6,142 |
Drainage plans received | 141 | Rodent Control— | |
Frontage drains constructed or reconstructed | 27 | Premises infested | 347 |
Inspections | 5,600 | ||
Protection of Food Supply. | |||
Inspections— | |||
Butchers' and other food shops | 1,877 | Inspections—contd. Ice cream premises | 253 |
Fish shops | 318 | Restaurant kitchens | 689 |
Food storage premises | 217 | Samples taken | 560 |
Dairies and milk shops | 312 | Summonses issued | 1 |
Factories, Workshops and Shops. | |||
Inspections— | Inspecti ons—contd. | ||
Shops | 57 | Outworkers | 1,160 |
do. (Pharmacy Act) | 21 | Smoke observations | |
Rag flock | 14 | Intimation notices served | 24 |
Pet shops | 24 | Statutory notices served | 2 |
Factories | 2,005 | Summonses issued | Nil |