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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Beaufoy Road | 2 | | Eland Road | 1 | Wickersley Road | 1 |
| Total 4 houses. | |||||
| No. 6 District. | |||||
| Auckland Road | 1 | Didcot Street | 11 | St. John's Hill Gr. | 1 |
| Britannia Place | 27 | Grant Road | 12 | Speke Road | 8 |
| Cairns Road | 1 | Livingstone Road | 34 | Winstanley Read | 14 |
| Darien Road | 18 | Lothair Street | 9 | York Road | 2 |
| Total:—138 houses. | |||||
| No. 7 District. | |||||
| Lavender Hill 1 Total :—1 house. | |||||
S ummary.
| No. 1 District | 286 houses. |
|---|---|
| „ 2 „ | 108 „ |
| „ 3 „ | 79 „ |
| ,, 4 „ | 107 „ |
| ,, 5 ,, | 4 „ |
| 11 6 ,, | 138 „ |
| ,, 7 ,, | 1 „ |
| Total | 723 „ |
Statistics for the year ending 31st December, 1922.
1. General.
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(a) Estimated enumerated population 169,200
(b) General death rate 13.2 per 1,000
(c) Death rate from tuberculosis 1.21 per 1,000
(d) Infantile mortality rate 69.3 per 1,000
(f) Number of premises used as habitations
by all classes 27,783
(g) Estimated number of working-class dwelling-houses
24,890
(g) Number of new working-class dwellings
erected 69
2. Unfit Dwelling-Houses.
(a) Inspection—
(a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health
or Housing Acts) 7,150