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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 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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Water supply to dwelling-houses17
Polluted water supply1
Burst water pipes causing dampness1
Workshops not properly ventilated1
Houses infested with rats4
Houses Dot provided with sufficient receptacles for house refuse6
Non-removal of house refuse5
Pigsties in an insanitary condition1
Nuisance from animals improperly kept9
Offensive accumulations of manure, etc.9
Offensive smells from various causes11
Alleged overcrowding4
Miscellaneous2
Total189

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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 with respect to the non-removal
of house refuse were referred to the Surveyor, as the
supervision of the removal of house refuse is carried
out by his Department, and 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,