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Erith 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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An Anti-influenzal Vaccine supplied by the Ministry
of Health is also kept, but there has been no demand for
ibis during the past year.
List of Bye-laws, Regulations and adoptive Acts
in force in the District, with date of adoption:—
Prevention of Nuisances Sept. 1887.
Keeping of Animals Sept. 1887.
Removal of Offensive Matter Sept. 1887.
Public Mortuaries Sept. 1888.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milk Shops Order June, 1891.
Slaughterhouses May, 1897.
Pleasure Grounds June, 1897
Sewerage Regulations July, 1898.
Cleansing and Removal of Refuse Oct., 1898.
Tents, Vans and Sheds, &c June, 1900.
New Streets and Buildings May, 1900.
Public Baths and Washhouses Sept., 1907.
Filth and Rubbish May, 1912.
Offensive Trades Dec., 1912.
Employment of Children Dec., 1920.
Erith Tramways and Improvement Act, 1903.
Erith Improvement Act, 1920.
Infectious Diseases Prevention Act.
P.H. Acts Amendment Act, 1890.
P.H. Acts Amendment Act, 1907, Sections 19, 21, 22, 23,
25, 31, 33, and 51.
(7) Sanitary Administration.
Drainage and Sewerage.
Towards the end of 1921 work was commenced on
a new sewer, which, when completed, will take the
sewage from 106 houses near the Belvedere Railway Station.
These houses have hitherto been drained into
cesspools, and have for years been a source of recurrent
nuisance owing to the cesspools filling up with marsh
water as soon as they were emptied, and so causing an
overflow of sewage within a very short period after
emptying.