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For the convenience of ratepayers, the Council has decided
to arrange disinfection even when this is not essential in the
interests of public health, but in these cases the following
charges are made:-
£1 per load of bedding, etc., 5s. for the first room and
2s. 6d. for each additional room disinfected at the same
time.

MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS.
The provisions of Part IV of the Surrey County Council
Act, 1931, relating to the registration and management of
massage establishments, are in operation. There are 18 such
establishments in the Urban District.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948, SECTION 47.
The powers given under this section for securing the removal
of aged persons from insanitary conditions were only utilised
once during 1953, an elderly woman being removed to St. Anne's,
Redhill, where she appreciated the attention she received.
The one case dealt with under this Section in 1949 lived
happily and voluntarily in a Home for elderly people in the neighbourhood
until her death early in 1954.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948, SECTION 50.
Under the above section, as from 5th July, 1948, the Council
became responsible for the disposal of the remains of any
person dying in the District, where suitable arrangements
would not otherwise be made, and during the year 2 burials were
thus arranged.
HEALTH PROPAGANDA.
Increasing use is made of the opportunities for health propaganda
at the Clinics and Centres in the area and during the visits
made by the Health Visitors and Sanitary Inspectors. In addition
a number of talks were given by the Officers to various organisations
and the Department gave strong support to a Home and
Family Week and Exhibition held in Purley in May.
The material supplied by the Central Council for Health
Education and other bodies proved extremely useful.
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