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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 1960
[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 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 weighed on a weighbridge and 12,307
tons of refuse were sent from this Borough in 1960.
6. SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
The following is a tabulated list of visits and inspections made by the Public Health Inspectors which totalled 8,629 as compared with 8,705 for 1959.
| House inspections, defects, etc. | 442 |
| Drainage | 447 |
| Factories | 174 |
| Outworkers | 14 |
| Atmospheric Pollution | 150 |
| Dairies5 milk shops, etc. | 145 |
| Food premises | 639 |
| Restaurants and cafes | 249 |
| Infectious disease enquiries | 194 |
| Cinemas | 5 |
| Verminous premises | 27 |
| Rodent control | 51 |
| Shops Act | 140 |
| Schools | 6 |
| Housing Act | 117 |
| Markets | 706 |
| Public sanitary conveniences | 33 |
| Fireguards | 34 |
| Merchandise Marks Act | 143 |
| Interviews | 400 |
| Miscellaneous | 1,291 |
| Smoke Control Inspections | 1,409 |
| Smoke Control Revisits | 182 |
| Reinspections and works in progress | 6,998 1,631 |
| 8,629 |