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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 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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VISITS MADE BY INSPECTORS
(Cont.)

Table: Included in the aforementioned are the following classified visits

Included in the aforementioned are the following classified visits

To food premises and vehicles764
" dairies31
" milk vehicles30
" ice-cream premises and vehicles126
" bakehouses14
" factories253
" workplaces46
" outworkers premises48
" schools67
" caravans and caravan sites97
" council houses and applicants66
Re cases of infectious disease (including dysentery, tuberculosis and food poisoning)565
Re overcrowding13
" Shops Act125
" Pet Animals Act3
" Clean Air Act155
" Improvement Grants189
" aged people39
Visits re alleged noise nuisances61
Visits to Houses in Multiple occupation84
Interviews with owners, tradesmen etc.127
Samples of swimming bath water taken36
Samples of drinking water taken28

Table: TESTING OP DRAINS AND SANITARY FITTINGS.

TESTING OP DRAINS AND SANITARY FITTINGS.

Drains tested with water32
Drains tested by other methods3
Drains examined under section 48 Public Health Act, 1936.2

Table: NOTICES SERVED, LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES ISSUED.

NOTICES SERVED, LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES ISSUED.

Informal and verbal notices286
Statutory notices under section 277, Public Health Act, 1936, requiring information as to ownership of premises14
Statutory notices under section 93, Public Health Act, 1936, to abate nuisances2
Statutory notices under section 24, Public Health Act, 1936, and section 15, Public Health Act, 1961, of proposed work of maintenance on sewer4
Statutory notices under sections 48 and 287, Public Health Act, 1936, and Section 16, Public Health Act, 1961, to examine and test drains1
Statutory notice under section 287, Public Health Act, 1936, of intention to enter premises.1
Statutory notices under section 159, Housing Act, 1957, to enter premises23