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Surbiton 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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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,
etc., and all necessary steps have been taken to
secure the abatement of anv nuisances which were
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found to exist.
In all, 4,463 visits to houses and premises have
been made during the year ; these include houses
from which complaints of a nuisance have been
received and in which cases of infectious disease have
occurred; also houses inspected under the Housing
Regulations, visits to works in progress, inspection
of Bakehouses, Dairies, Cowsheds, Milkshops,
Slaughter Houses, Workshops, Food Inspections,
etc.
The following table shows the number and nature of such inspections:—
| Number of houses and premises inspected (ordinarily) | 551 |
| ,, houses inspected and particulars recorded (Housing Acts) | 49 |
| ,, houses and premises re-inspected | 1,056 |
| „ miscellaneous visits | 328 |
| „ visits to works in progress | 1,412 |
| „ visits to slaughterhouses | 44 |
| „ visits to dairies, cowsheds, and milkshops | 118 |
| „ visits to bakehouses | 52 |
| „ visits to schools | 22 |