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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

Kingston upon Thames 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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5. PUBLIC CLEANSING.
The Borough Surveyor is responsible for the collection
and disposal of house and trade refuse. Disposal is still
carried out by tipping into a worked out gravel pit provided
by the haulage contractor.
The refuse from this Borough,, Surbiton and Maiden is
transferred to large capacity road vehicles and transported
to the tip by the contractor. The refuse is now weighed on
a weighbridge and 11,420 tons of refuse have been sent from
this Borough in 1956.
A small quantity of suitable trade refuse, together with
road sweepings and scarified material, is disposed of by controlled
tipping in the old bed of the Hogsmill River. The
Corporation's refuse destructor has not operated since 1st
March, 1951.
6. SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.

Table: The following is a tabulated list of visits and inspections made by the Public Health Inspectors which totalled 10,381 as compared with 8,547 for 1955:-

The following is a tabulated list of visits and inspections made by the Public Health Inspectors which totalled 10,381 as compared with 8,547 for 1955:-

House inspections, defects, etc.600
Drainage483
Factories168
Outworkers25
Atmospheric Pollution138
Dairies, milk shops, etc.222
Food premises1,094
Restaurants and Cafes457
Infectious disease enquiries114
Theatres and Cinemas5
Verminous Premises.26
Rodent Control221
Shops Act411
Schools22
Housing Act61
Markets772
Miscellaneous1,738
6,557
Reinspections and works inprogress3,824
10,381

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These figures show a marked increase in the number of
inspections of restaurants, food premises and the market.
This is a result of the re-assessment of these premises in the
light of the introduction of the Pood Hygiene Regulations, 1955.
NOTICES SERVED.
Informal.
(a) Verbal 117
(b) Written 303
Statutory.
(a) Housing Acts -
(b) Public Health Acts 29