London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Erith 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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Section C (continued). Page
6. Laboratory Facilities 24
7. Tuberculosis 24
(a) Treatment and Hospital Accommodation 24
(b) Tables (i) Particulars of New Cases and
Deaths 24
(ii) Quarterly Statements 25
8. Ear, Nose and Throat 26
D Hospital and Ambulance Facilities.
1. General 26
2. V.D 26
3. Children 26
4. Ambulance Facilities 26
5. Mortuary 26
E Sanitary Circumstances of the Area.
1. Refuse Collection and Disposal 27
(a) Costs 27
(b) Details of Refuse Vehicles and Staff 27
(c) Details of Tonnage 77
2. Trade Refuse 28
3. Salvage 28
4. Closet Accommodation 28
5. (a) Visits by Sanitary Inspectors 29
(b) Sanitary Inspection of the Area 29
(c) Summary of Nuisances and Defects
remedied during the year 29
(d) General Sanitation 20
(e) Offensive Trades 30
(f) Closet Accommodation and Cesspools 30
(g) Smoke Abatement 30
(h) Swimming Baths and Pools 30
(i) Camping Sites 31
(j) Hop Pickers 31
(k) Rag Flock Act 31
(I) Eradication of Vermin 31
(m) Cleansing of Verminous Persons 31
(n) Pest Control Services 31
(a) Mosquitoes 32
(b) Flies 32
(c) Wasps and Ants 33
(o) Rodent Control 33
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