London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1962
[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 |