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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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All prospective and selected applicants for Council houses
are visited and a report on the findings is made direct to the
housing clerk. When the effects are found to be verminous,
furniture and other articles are subjected to cyanide fumigation
by Contractors employed by the Council. This method of
rehousing has proved to be successful.
F(1)m. Mosquito Control.
Specimens Numbers 40 and 41 were submitted to the
Malaria Officer of the Ministry of Health, and identified as
insects belonging to the Genera Ryphus Group, this result
therefore being negative.
HOUSING.
F(2)a. Inspection of Dwelling Houses during year.
| 1. (a) Total number of dwellinghouses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 1022 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 2964 |
| 2. (a) Number of houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Consolidated Housing Regulations 1925 and 1932 | 0 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 0 |
| 3. Number of houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 0 |
| 4. Number of houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 771 |
| F(2)b. Remedy of Defects during the year without service of Formal Notices. | |
| Number of defective dwellinghouses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by Local Authority | 698 |
| Action under Statutory Powers during the year: | |
| (a) Proceedings under Section 9 and 10 Housing Act 1936 (1) No. of houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs | 0 |
| (2) No. of dwellinghouses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:— | |
| (a) By Owner | 0 |
| (b) By Local Authority | 0 |