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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
Surbiton 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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etc., and all necessary steps have been taken to
secure the abatement of any nuisances which were
found to exist.
In all, 7,318 visits to houses and remises have
been made during the year; these include houses
from which complaints of a nuisance have been
received and in which cases of infectious disease
have occurred, also houses inspected under the
Housing Regulations, visits to works in progress,
inspections of Bakehouses, Dairies, Cowsheds,
Milkshops, Slaughter Houses, Workshops, Food
Inspections, etc.
The following table shows the number and nature of such inspections:—
| Number of houses and premises inspected (ordinarily) | 733 |
| ,, houses inspected and particulars recorded (Housing Act) | 57 |
| „ houses and premises re-inspected | 1,302 |
| „ miscellaneous visits | 698 |
| „ visits to works in progress | 3,042 |
| „ visits to slaughterhouses | 33 |
| ,, visits to dairies, cowsheds and milkshops | 172 |
| „ visits to bakehouses | 49 |
| „ visits to schools | 25 |
| „ visits to workshops | 43 |
| ,, visits to factories | 13 |
| ,, visits to workplaces | 1 |
| ,, visits to homeworkers' premises | 18 |
| ,, visits re cases of infectious disease | 391 |
| „ food inspections | 741 |
| Total | 7,318 |