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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 16 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 not
utilised during 1951, but the threat of action in one borderline
case and alternative measures in another resulted in admission
to a Home or improved conditions.
The one case dealt with under this Section in 1949 is now
living happily and voluntarily in a Home for elderly people in
the neighbourhood.
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 3 burials were
thus arranged.
HEALTH PROPAGANDA.
Steady use was made of the opportunities for health
propaganda at the Clinics and Centres in the area, and during
the visitation of the Health Visitors and Sanitary Inspectors.
In addition, a number of talks was given by the Officers to voluntary
organisations. The material provided by the Central
Council for Health Education and other bodies proved extremely
useful and was widely employed.
OTHER HEALTH SERVICES.
The local Council is represented on the S.E. Divisional
Health Sub-Committee of the County Health Committee, which
body has considerable delegated powers and responsibilities for
some of the allied Health Services. The Medical Officer of Health
for this District and his Deputy, who hold similar positions in the
Caterham and Warlingham Urban District, are also the responsible
officers for the Divisional Health Service, which deals with the
maintenance and detailed organisation of the following branches:-
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