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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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In anticipation of formal action, the following houses have
been demolished:
Higham's farmhouse, Brook Street.
1 The Walnuts, Bedonwell Hill.
2 The Walnuts, Bedonwell Hill.
38, 40, 42, Albert Road, Belvedere.
E(8). Factories.
1. INSPECTIONS for the purposes of provisions as to health including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | |
| Factories with mechanical power | 134 | 9 | — |
| Factories without mechanical power | 36 | 7 | — |
| Other premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction bat not including outworkers premises) | 23 | — | — |
| Total | 193 | 16 | — |
2. DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of defects in respect of which prosecutions were instituted | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H M Inspector | ||
| Want of Cleanliness | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Unreasonable Temperature | — | — | — | — |
| Inadequate Ventilation | — | — | — | — |
| Ineffective drainage of Floors | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Sanitary Conveniences: Insufficient | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
| Other offences | 9 | 9 | — | — |
| Total | 28 | 28 | — | — |