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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The provisions of the above Acts, Bye-laws and
Regulations are rigidly enforced throughout the
district.
There are a number of Bye-Laws and Regulations
operating for a limited period within the added
portions of the district only, these Bye-Laws, etc.,
having been made by the Epsom Rural District
Council, Maiden & Coombe Urban District Council,
or the Kingston Borough Council. Several of the
series are duplicated owing to the operation of the
Surrey Review Order, 1933, and the Council are now
revising the majority of them.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
WATER SUPPLY.
The water supply throughout the District is
furnished by the Metropolitan Water Board. It
has been of excellent quality. The supply to all
houses is constant. No samples have been taken for
analysis. (This applies to Surbiton Council). No
information of samples taken have been supplied by
the Metropolitan Water Board.
DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
New sewers have been laid in the added area
of Chessington, and many houses have been drained
and connected thereto.
There are only eight houses in the district which
cannot be connected to the sewers.
SCAVENGING.
Section 36 of the Public Health Act, 1875, is
enforced in this district. It empowers the Council