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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Included in the aforementioned are the following
classified visits:-
Visits to food premises 282
Visits to cowsheds, dairies, milkshops
and milk vehicles 27
Visits to bakehouses 22
Visits to fish friers' premises 18
Visits to factories 91
Visits to outworkers' premises 5
Visits re overcrowding 23
Visits re cases of infectious diseases
(including tuberculosis and scabies) 208
Interviews with owners, tradesmen, etc. 543
Visits re Food and Drugs Act 126
Visits to Council House applicants 33
Visits to slaughterhouses 23
Visits re Shop Acts 23
Visits to Schools 13
Smoke observations 22
Visits to urinals and public conveniences 8
Visits to caravans 6
Visits re Building Licences 902
Visits to ice-cream premises and vehicles 8
Visits to Nursing Homes 1
TESTING OF DRAINS AND SANITARY FITTINGS.
Drains tested with water 76
Drains tested by other methods 9
NOTICES SERVED.
Informal and verbal notices 209
Statutory notices under section 12 of
the Housing Act, 1936, of Time and Place
at which condition of underground room
would be considered 1
Statutory notices under section 12 of the
Housing Act, 1936 - Closing Orders 1
Statutory notices under section 12 of the
Housing Act, 1936 - Closing Orders
determined 1
Statutory notices under section 157 of the
Housing Act, 1936, to enter premises 6
Statutory notices under section 168 of the
Housing Act, 1936, to require information
re ownership of premises 27
Statutory notices under section 9 of the
Housing Act, 1936, to make promises
reasonably fit for human habitation 18
Statutory notices under section 39 of the
Public Health Act, 1936, requiring drainage
works in existing buildings 5
Statutory notices under section 93 of the
Public Health Act, 1936, to abate nuisance 6
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