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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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„ visits to workshops52
„ visits to factories12
„ visits to workplaces3
„ visits to homeworkers' premises20
„ visits re cases of infectious disease204
„ visits to fried fish shops1
„ food inspections539
Total4,463

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TESTING OF DRAINS AND SANITARY FITTINGS.
Drainage systems exposed for examination under Section
41 of the Public Health Act, 1875 2
Drains, soil pipes, &c., tested with smoke crair 41
Drains tested with water 82
Drains tested with chemical 1
NOTICES SERVED.
As a result of these inspections, 667 notices
were served during- the year, of which the following
is a summary :—
Informal notices 2.3
Statutory notices under Section 36, Public Health Act.
1875, to provide a sufficient dust receptacle 248
Statutory notices under Section 94, Public Health Act,
1875, to abate nuisance 18
Statutory notices under Section 28, Housing. Town
Planning, &c., Act, 1919, and Section 3, Housing
Act, 1925, to make premises reasonably fit for human
habitation 76