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Erith 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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(8) Public Health Staff.
(a) Whole Time.
A. E. Jerman, Medical Officer of Health, School
Medical Officer and Medical Officer-in-Charge
of Infectious Hospital and Maternity Home.
D. B. Davies, Sanitary Inspector holding certificates
from the Royal Sanitary Institute as Inspector
of Nuisances, and for the Inspection of
meat and other foods.
T. Vaughan, Assistant Sanitary Inspector (with
same certificates).
Nurse Crouch, Health Visitor.
Nurse Anstis, Health Visitor.
Mr. E. J. Castree, Clerk in P.H. Department.
Miss C. Vaughan, Clerk in Maternity and Child
Welfare Department.
Miss W. Meadows, Clerk.
(b) Part Time.
Dr. J. Lorimore Hawthorne, Lady Medical Practitioner,
conducting Ante-natal and Infant
Welfare Clinics.
(9) Housing.
Number of new houses erected during 1920:—
(a) Total 61
(b) As part of a municipal housing
scheme 50
(1) Unfit dwelling-houses:—
Inspection. (i) Total number of houses inspected
for housing defects (under
Public Health or Housing Acts) 1423
(ii) Number of dwelling-houses inspected and
recorded under the Housing (Inspection
of District) Regulations 898
(iii) Number of houses found to be unfit for
human habitation 4
(iv) Number of houses (exclusive of those
ferred to under the preceding subheading)
found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation 821