Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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Visits from time to time have been paid to each,
and as a result the following nuisances have been
dealt with:—
Drains unstopped and repaired 1
W.c. apartments lighted and ventilated 1
W.c. pans cleansed and repaired 3
Defective w.c. pans abolished and new ones
fixed 7
W.c. flush pipes disconnected from drinking
water cisterns, and separate flushing
cisterns fixed 5
Flushing cisterns repaired 1
Sink waste pipes repaired or trapped 2
New trapped waste pipes provided to sinks 6
Defective roofs, eave gutters, and rainwater
pipes repaired 14
Workshops cleansed 1
Yards attached to workshops paved, etc. 8
Bakehouses.
The whole of the bakehouses in the district
have been visited twice during the year, and
generally speaking, were found to be kept in good
order.
Cleasing and lime-washing had, however, to be
ordered in two instances.
Slaughter-houses.
There are six registered slaughter-houses in the
district, all of which have been frequently and at
irregular periods inspected, to ascertain if they are
kept in accordance with the Bye-laws regulating the
same.
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