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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

Erith 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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Table: E(6)b. Summary of Nuisances and Defects remedied during the year.

E(6)b. Summary of Nuisances and Defects remedied during the year.

Other than those enumerated in the above tabulation:
Drains cleared55
Drains repaired38
W.C. pans renewed24
W.C.'s repaired12
Cisterns renewed22
Roofs repaired115
Eaves gutters repaired98
Damp walls remedied85
Plasters renewed112
Floors repaired66
New sinks fixed24
New firegrates20
Yard pavings repaired9
New W.C.'s constructed16
New cooking stoves9
Coppers repaired8
Windows made to open46
Houses cleansed37
Accumulations removed19
Vermin eradicated21
Dustbins provided115
Drains:
Water tested19
Smoke tested7

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The total number of visits of all kinds made by the Sanitary
Inspectors during the year was 5,360.
Notices served:—Statutory 14; Informal 585.
Number of houses and other premises disinfected 316
Batches of bedding, etc.. disinfected 200

Table: E(6)c. Number of New Houses erected during the year.

E(6)c. Number of New Houses erected during the year.

(1) By the Local Authority0
(2) By other Authorities0
(3) By other bodies or persons644

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E(6)d. Shops Acts 1912-1938.
The Shops Act, 1912, provides for the closing of shops
to customers not later than one o'clock in the afternoon on one
week day in every week. The Erith Weekly Half-Holiday
Order dated 17th February, 1913, and made under Section 4
of the Act prescribes Thursday as the general Weekly HalfHoliday.