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, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Sanitary Circumstances 49
Sanitary Inspection, of the Borough 49
Summary of Sanitary Operations 49
Legal Proceedings in connection with Nuisances 50
Drainage 51
Revenue Act (1903) Certificates 51
Smoke Nuisance 51
Effluvium Nuisance 52
Sanitary Staff 52
Rag Flock Act (1911) 52
Personal Cleansing Station 53
Disinfecting Department 54
Summary of Work in Disinfecting Department 54
Mortuary 55
Inquests 55
Protection of Food Supply. 56
Unsound Food 56
Butchers' Shops 57
Slaughter Houses 57
Ice Cream 57
Milk Shops 58
Restaurant Kitchens 58
Fish Shops 58
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 58
Milk 59
Legal Proceedings under the Food and Drugs Acts 60
Warranty Defence 61
Milk and Cream Regulations (1912 and 1917) 61
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces, and
Homework. 63
1.—Inspections of Factories, etc. 63
2.—Defects found in Factories, etc. 63
3.—Registered Workshops 64
4.—Other Matters 64
Factories on Register 64
Workshops 65
Bakehouses 66
Outworkers 66
Home-work 68
Housing 69
Statistics for 1919 72
Report to Borough Council 73
Unhealthy Areas 80
Appendices.
Deaths from all Causes 82
Summary of Legal Proceedings 92
Table I.—Vital Statistics 93
„ II.—Cases of Infectious Disease 94
„ III.—Causes of and Ages at Death 95
„ IV.—Infant Mortality 96