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Several cases of overcrowding, in all 19, apparently in
every case the direct consequence of poverty, were discovered
by the visits of the Sanitary Inspectors. In
every case the order to discontinue such overcrowdingwas
enforced.
Drains requiring clearing, cleansing and repairing to
the number of 384, have received the necessary attention,
and 188 syphon traps have been fixed to the same in
order to prevent the access of sewer gas to houses, and
59 sinks have had their connexion with drains cut off by
being altered so as to discharge outside the houses over
open gullies.
Water closets have been found to be out of order with
great frequency, more especially in the poorer parts of
the sub-district. Cleaning and repair in 43 cases have
been enforced, many others having but minor defects
which were remedied without notice being necessary.
The large number of 383 water-closets have had a supply
of water laid on, those not so supplied now being very
few indeed. Six urinals have been similarly supplied in
addition to repairs and cleansing.
Dust-bins have as usual been a continual source of
trouble, being frequently destroyed in the poorer neighbourhoods,
and in 187 instances replaced by new ones.
It is to be hoped that the measures now being adopted
to deal with the question of the removal and disposal of
house refuse in Battersea will increase the frequency of
collection, so that dust-bins with their accompanying
annoyances and sanitary defects may become superfluous
and no longer needed. A systematic collection of house
refuse once or twice a week would be a great boon to all
classes, and an inestimable benefit from a sanitary point
of view.