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Inspection of Factories and Shops.
Refuse Collection and Disposal.
Housing.
Rodent Control.
Atmospheric Pollution.
Health Education and all matters covered by the
general heading of Sanitary and Environmental
Services.
The number of complaints received from residents during
the year was three hundred and two, a little higher
than in 1951. but once again the persuasive ability and
tact of the Inspectors is reflected in the fact that it
was necessary only in four cases to have recourse to formal
action to secure an abatement of the nuisance.
In the Appendices is a summary of the work of the
Health Department,
2. Services Rendered By Hospital Boards.
(a) Farnborough Hospital. Provides; a general hospital
service and has 812 beds. This hospital is controlled by
the Bromley Group Hospital Management Committee.
(b) Orpington Hospitalo Provides a general hospital
service and has 983 beds, and comes within the Orpington
and Sevenoaks Group.
(c) Chest Clinic. There is no chest clinic within
the area, all patients being referred to the Bromley Chest
Clinic, which is controlled by the Bromley Group Hospital
Management Committee.
Public Mortuary.
There is no public mortuary in use in the Urban District.
Facilities have been given for the use of the
Mortuary attached to Farnborough Hospital.
3. Services Rendered By The Kent County Council.
AMBULANCE SERVICE
The main ambulance depot for the area is at Farnborough
Hospital, where there are eleven ambulances and six