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Abstract of Sanitary "Work carried out in Eastern
Battersea,
Luring the year ending Decewler 31 st, 1884.
No. of houses inspected 5281
„ 1st Notices served 644
„ 2nd Notices served 24
,, houses disinfected and -where necessary cleansed after
small-pox 19
,, houses disinfected and where necessary cleansed after
various kinds of Fever 68
Drains unstopped and cleansed 145
„ tiapped and repaired 252
No. of houses -where separate drainage has been enforced 20
Dilapidated closets repaired 35
Foul and offensive closets cleansed 105
New cisterns provided or cisterns repaired 181
Covers to cisterns provided 88
Dirty cisterns cleansed 76
Water supply added to houses 18
Dirty and dilapidated houses cleansed and repaired 159
Defective roofs repaired 114
Overcrowding abated 11
Orders of the Board obtained 35
Summonses and Magisterial orders obtained 6
Dust-bins provided or repaired 141
Accumulations of manure removed 16
Pig nuisance removed 2
It will be perceived that the large number of 5,281 house
were inspected during the year; this however is somewhat
less than halt the number of the houses in the sub-district.
To ensure the inspection of every house at least once in the
year is the minimum which should be permitted to exist, and
this can now be effectively carried out by the two assistant
inspectors.
It was found necessary to serve 644 notices to amend
sanitary defects in the houses and premises inspected. In
many cases the notices specified more than one such defect.