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Surbiton 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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for bacteriological examination was as under
Faeces
Suspected food.
1950
1202
13
1951
694
2
FACTORIES AND BAKEHOUSES,
The total number of factories on the register at the end
of the year was 233 (192 mechanical, 40 non-mechanical and 1 works
of building construction).
The businesses carried on at the respective premises were as
follows
Bakehouses • 17
Laundries 10
Cleaners & Dyers 5
Tailors 4
Engineers (various) 34
Timber Yards 1
Manufacture and repair of batteries 2
Chemical manufacture and hairdressing sundries 1
Cellulose spraying and coach building 4
Stove enamelling and spray painting 1
Printers 11
Builders,Joiners and Plumbers 20
Boot repairers 15
Motor Engineers 20
Brickmaking 1
Fencing Contractors 1
Concrete Products 3
Machine Tools 2
Instrument making 4
Metal work 6
Fur glove makers 1
Cycle repairers 4
Radio and electrical engineers 7
Spectacle frame and lens making 4
Plastics 2
Dental laboratories 3
Paint manufacturers 1
Works of building construction * 1
Manufacture of breathing apparatus 1
Aircraft components 3
Blindmaking 1
Cardboard containers 2
Manufacture of rubber tyres,etc. 1
Accordion making 1
Cosmetics 2
Wireworks 2
Furniture making 1
Food packing 2
Pen manufacturers 2
Car breaking 1
Photography * 2
Dressmaking 2
Loom weaving and church vestments 1
Upholstery 4
Clothing repairs 2
30.
Every possible help has been forthcoming from the Public
Health Laboratory, Epsom, where specimens are examined, and
this assistance is gratefully acknowledged.