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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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
The total number of workshops now on the
Register, including bakehouses, is 146.
The businesses carried on at the respective
premises are given in the report of your Medical
Officr of Health.
Visits from time to time have been paid and
as a result the following nuisances have been dealt
with :—
Water Closets.
Unsuitable or defective 3
Other Nuisances.
Want of cleanliness 3
Want of ventilation 1
Smoke nuisances abated 2
Dust bins provided 2
Miscellaneous defects 1
SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
There are three slaughterhouses in the district,
all of which are registered.
They have been regularly inspected and
generally found to be well kept.
BAKEHOUSES.
There are 17 Bakehouses in use in the district,
one of which is underground.
They have been visited regularly during the
year, and found to be kept in a satisfactory condition.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS.
During the year four persons have discontinued
carrying on the trade of Retail Purveyors of
Milk, and one has discontinued carrying on the
trade of wholesale producer and they have been
struck off the register.
Five applications were received from persons