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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
Surbiton 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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The following is a summary of samples taken during the year:—
| ARTICLES | ANALYSED | ADULTERATED OR BELOW STANDARD | PROSECUTIONS | CONVICTIONS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | In. formal | Total | Formal | In formal | Total | |||
| 49 | 6 | 55 | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | |
| 11 | - | 11 | 3 | - | 3 | - | _ | |
| 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | |
| - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | |
| 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 77 | 11 | 88 | 11 | - | 11 | - | ||
No prosecutions were undertaken as the eleven
cases of adulteration or low standard were not of
a serious nature. Warning was given in these
cases.
DISINFECTION.
During the year disinfection was carried out
at 47 premises following cases of infectious disease
and at 25 other premises on payment. Ninety-one
Library books were disinfected and 50 destroyed.