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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Personal Cleansing Treatments— | |||
Complaints | 2,366 | ||
Rent Act | 47 | To adults | 188 |
Urinals and conveniences | 445 | To children | 301 |
Caravans | 167 | ||
Water certificates | 23 | Drains— | |
Repaired | 98 | ||
Infectious disease cases— | |||
Reconstructed | 55 | ||
Notifiable | 216 | ||
Sealed off | 135 | ||
Non-notifiable | 56 | ||
Ventilated | 67 | ||
Drainage | 3,711 | Cleared | 118 |
Shops (Shops Act) | 145 | Frontages laid | 22 |
Rag flock premises | 6 | ||
Roofs repaired | 504 | ||
Pet shops | 13 | ||
Rainwater pipes and gutters renewed/repaired | 191 | ||
Hairdressers | 153 | ||
Rodent control | 3,265 | ||
Other visits | 5,901 | ||
Dampness remedied | 707 | ||
Re-inspections | 9,825 | ||
Waste pipes renewed/ repaired | 69 | ||
Public Health (London) Act, 1936— | Water closets repaired or cleansed | 113 | |
Fifth Schedule (Intimation) | 947 | Water closets installed | 209 |
Water cisterns cleansed or repaired | 14 | Fifth Schedule (Statutory) | 397 |
Water supplies reinstated | 80 | ||
Section 197, etc. (Infectious Disease) | 19 | Water fittings renewed or repaired | 70 |
L.C.C. (General Powers) Acts | 82 | Additional water supply to tenement houses | |
Shops Act, 1950 | 10 | Sinks, lavatory basins, baths renewed | 133 |
Factories Act, 1961 | 15 | ||
Food Hygiene Regulations, 1960 | 42 | Plaster renewed | 551 |
Floors and stairs repaired | 182 | ||
Summonses issued | 52 | ||
Magistrates' Orders obtained | 21 | Doors and windows repaired | 233 |
Fireplaces and flues repaired | 52 | ||
Dangerous structures referred to District Surveyor | 69 | ||
Additional lighting, ventilation | - | ||
Water waste referred to M.W.B. | 45 | Rooms cleansed | 24 |
Premises disinfested | 140 | ||
Drains— | Dustbins provided | 46 | |
Smoke tests | 104 | Yard paving renewed or repaired | 33 |
Water tests | 1,162 | ||
Found defective | 44 | Other defects remedied | 440 |
Water certificates issued | 17 | Rodent control— | |
Land Charge enquiries | 1,738 | Premises dealt with— | |
Premises disinfected | 1,001 | Rats | 186 |
Articles disinfected | 304 | Mice | 84 |