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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
Bexley 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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Details of salvage sales for the financial year ended 31st March, 1953, are set out below:—
| Tons | cwts. | qrs. | £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste Paper | 434 | 4 | 2 | 3,694 | 4 | 7 |
| Textiles | 27 | 8 | 3 | 552 | 5 | 3 |
| Kitchen Waste | 579 | 18 | 1 | 1,932 | 8 | 4 |
| Ferrous Metals | 46 | 15 | 1 | 203 | 18 | 9 |
| Non-Ferrous Metals | 1 | 19 | 1 | 180 | 16 | 8 |
| Miscellaneous Items | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 |
| 1,094 | 14 | 1 | 6,576 | 0 | 5 |
The income received from the sale of waste paper was
greatly below what was anticipated, due to the fact that
several reductions in price took place during the year. By
the end of March, 1953, the price being paid for baled mixed
papers was £6 10s. Od. per ton as compared with £13 per ton
in April, 1952. In addition to the reduction in price, the
merchants found it necessary to limit the quantity taken,
with the result that a considerable stock had accumulated at
the Salvage Depot by the end of the year.
Kitchen Waste is collected twice weekly from some 400
communal bins placed in the streets and sent to the Woolwich
Borough Council's Concentrator Plant at White Hart Lane,
Plumstead.
Public Conveniences.
Public Conveniences for men and women are situated at
the following sites:—
Market Place, Bexleyheath.
Townley Road, Bexleyheath.
Brampton Road, Bexleyheath.
Danson Park, Welling.
Library Building, Bellegrove Road, Welling.
High Street, Bexley.
St. Mary's Recreation Ground, Bexley.
The new conveniences in Brampton Road were completed
in April, 1952, and have met a long felt need in that
part of the Borough. These conveniences are the first to be
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