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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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| Houses infected with rats | 5 |
| Houses not provided with sufficient receptacles for house refuse | 3 |
| Pigsties in an insanitary condition | 4 |
| Nuisance from a???als improperly kept | 3 |
| Offensive accumulation of manure, etc. | 13 |
| Offensive smells from various causes | 12 |
| Watercourses in an insanitary condition | 6 |
| Alleged overcrowding | 10 |
| Smoke nuisances | 5 |
| Bakehouses in an insanitary condition | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 2 |
| Total | 185 |
Each complaint was immediately investigated,
and where a nuisance was found to exist, steps were
at once taken to obtain the abatement thereof.
The complaints that houses were infested with
rats were referred to the Surrey County Council's
Rats Destruction Officer, as the Rats and Mice
(Destruction) Act, 1919, is administered by the
County Council.
INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.
Inspection of the district has been carried out
during the year both systematically and at certain
intervals as occasion required, in order to comply
with the General Orders of the Ministry of Health,
the Public Health Acts, the Housing Regulations,