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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DUST RECEPTACLES.
New dust bins provided 105
Ashpits abolished 2
MISCELLANEOUS.
Basement rooms discontinued being used separately as
a dwelling 2
Nuisances from animals being improperly kept abated 2
Offensive accumulations removed 30
Insanitary Piggeries demolished 1
Manure receptacles provided 1
Water courses cleansed, etc. 4
Smoke nuisances abated 8
HOUSING.
Number of new houses erected during the
year:—
(a) Total (including numbers given separately
under (b) 306
(b) With State assistance under the Housing
Acts:—
(i) By the Local Authority Nil
(ii) By other bodies or persons 11
1. Unfit Dwelling Houses.
Inspection : —
(1) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 474
(2) Number of dwelling houses which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 31
(3) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or injurious to health as to
be unfit for human habitation 1