[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough] page 23

Battersea 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Table: Sanitary Circumstances. The following table sets out in summarised form the details of the work of the Department in relation to sanitation:—

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Sanitary Circumstances. The following table sets out in summarised form the details of the work of the Department in relation to sanitation:—

Inspections—		Defects Remedied—
Complaints	2,592	Drains—
Rent Act	137	Repaired	73
Urinals and conveniences	340	Reconstructed	39
Caravans	194	Sealed off	130
Water certificates	66	Ventilated	53
Infectious disease cases—		Cleared	131
Notifiable	319	Frontages laid	26
Non-notifiable	166	Roofs repaired	526
Drainage	3,009	Rainwater pipes and gutters renewed/repaired	187
Shops (Shops Act)	416
Rag flock premises	7
Pet shops	25	Dampness remedied	708
Hairdressers	143	Dampness remedied	708
Rodent control	3,757	Waste pipes renewed/ repaired	74
Other visits	5,206	Waste pipes renewed/ repaired	74
Re-inspections	11,294	Water closets repaired or cleansed	138
Notices served—-		Water closets installed	217
Public Health (London) Act, 1936— Intimation	947	Water cisterns cleansed or repaired	8
Statutory (Infectious Disease)	17	Water supplies reinstated	82
Statutory (Nuisance)	538	Water fittings renewed or repaired	55
L.C.C. (General Powers) Acts	88	Water fittings renewed or repaired	55
L.C.C. (General Powers) Acts	88	Additional water supply to tenement houses	—
Shops Act, 1950	19	Additional water supply to tenement houses	—
Summonses issued	73	Sinks, lavatory basins, baths renewed	77
Magistrates' Orders obtained	23	Plaster renewed	612
Magistrates' Orders obtained	23	Floors and stairs repaired	164
Other work carried out—		Floors and stairs repaired	164
Dangerous structures referred to District Surveyor	53	Doors and windows repaired	333
Dangerous structures referred to District Surveyor	53	Fireplaces and flues repaired	70
Water waste referred to M.W.B.	23	Fireplaces and flues repaired	70
Water waste referred to M.W.B.	23	Additional lighting, ventilation	3
Drains—		Additional lighting, ventilation	3
Smoke tests	93	Rooms cleansed	23
Water tests	741	Premises disinfested	269
Fround defective	47	Dustbins provided	42
Water certificates issued	23	Yard paving renewed or repaired	47
Premises disinfected	1,064	Yard paving renewed or repaired	47
Articles disinfected	8,396	Other defects remedied	254
Personal Cleansing Treatments—		Rodent control—
Personal Cleansing Treatments—		Premises dealt with—
To adults	86	Rats	279
To children	305	Mice	188