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Beddington and Wallington 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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| Number of visits to stables and yards | 32 |
| Number of visits to market gardens, etc. | 25 |
| Number of visits to urinals | 113 |
| Number of visits to piggeries | 21 |
| Number of visits re infectious diseases | 54 |
| Number of visits to streams | 61 |
| Number of visits re rats | 247 |
| Number of visits re smoke abatement | 164 |
| Number of complaints received and investigated | 401 |
| Number of informal notices served | 411 |
| Number of statutory notices served | 33 |
| Number of interviews re nuisances, etc. | 946 |
| Number of drain tests applied | 142 |
| Number of rooms disinfected | 111 |
| Number of lots of bedding and clothing disinfected | 82 |
| Number of library books disinfected | 247 |
| Number of samples of foodstuffs, water etc., taken for examination | 282 |
F. H. LENNARD, m.r.san.i., a.m.i.s.e., m.s.i.a.,
Senior Sanitary Inspector.
SHOPS AND OFFICES.
Three hundred and ninety-three inspections were made during 1949
and in 18 cases action was necessary in regard to defects,
CAMPING SITES,
There are no camping sites within the Borough,
SWIMMING BATH.
The Corporation again rented from the London County Council (for
the 1949 Summer season) the open-air swimming bath situated in the
grounds of the Royal Female Orphanage,
The supervision and arrangement of sessions were under the control
of the Public Health Department. Facilities were given to schools,
youth organisations, and residents as in previous years.
During the season, which covered a period of 18 weeks, the following attendances were recorded:—
| Youth organisations | 3,707 |
| School children | 3,557 |
| Season Ticket Holders etc: | |
| Adults | 10,247 |
| Children | 6,305 |
| Total | 23,816 |
ERADICATION OF BED BUGS.
During the year bed bugs were found to exist in 3 houses. Appropriate
remedial measures were taken.
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