[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough].

  • Battersea (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1946]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    were on the register for the sale of preserved foods and 36 as fish shops. Street stalls from which food was sold numbered 89. The manufacture of Ice Cream was resumed during the year and 20 premises were registered for the manufacture, storage; and/or sale of this commodity. Heat Treated Milk. —At the request of the Ministry of Food the Council agreed to the taking of samples of heat treated milk at regular intervals for submission to the Public Analyst for phosphatase and methylene blue tests. The taking of samples was commenced in March and samples as under were taken with the results set out:— Satisfactory Failed Satisfactory Failed Phosphatase Methylene Blue Pasteurised 1 - 1 - Heat Treated 25 2 26 - Sterilised 20 — 20 - Housing. Number of new houses or tenements erected during the year 14 1 Number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects... 4,498 (22,291 inspections) Number of dwelling-houses found hot to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation — (i) Dealt with under Housing Act Nil (ii) Dealt with under Public Health (London) Act 2,080 Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit by informal action Nil Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Statutory Housing Act notices were served requiring repairs Nil Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Public Health Act notices were served requiring defects to be remedied 2,080 (2,530 intimation notices) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices — (i) By owners 1,515 (1,716 intimation notices complied with) (ii) By Local Authority in defualt of owners - Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made Nil Housing Accommodation. —For some eight months in the year one Sanitary Inspector was engaged exclusively on the investigation and report of applications for housing accommodation. The work, however, grew to such an extent that it became necessary to spread it out over all the sanitary inspectorial staff, and a considerble portion of their time was taken up in this work.