Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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5. Ambulance Service 22
6. School Clinics 22
7. Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 23
8. Maternity Homes 23
9. Private Nursing Homes 23
10. Day Nurseries 23
11. Laboratory Facilities 23
12. Mortuary 24
13. Disinfection Services 24
E Sanitary Circumstances of the Area
1. Refuse Collection and Disposal 25
(a) Costs 25
(b) Details of Refuse Collection Vehicles and
Staff 25
(c) Details of Tonnage 26
2. Trade Refuse 26
3. Salvage 26
4. Public Conveniences 26
5. Sanitary Inspection of the Area 27
(a) Visits by Sanitary Inspectors 27
(b) Premises visited and results of such visits 27
(c) Summary of Nuisances and defects
remedied during the year 27
(d) Closet accommodation and cesspools 28
(e) Smoke Abatement 28
(f) Swimming Baths and Pools 28
(g) Camping Sites 29
(h) Hop Pickers 29
(i) Rag Flock Act. 29
(j) Eradication of Bed Bugs 29
(k) Mosquito Control 29
(l) Rodent Control 29
(m) Pest Control 30
(n) Offensive trades 30
6. Factories 31
(i) Inspection 31
(ii) Defects Found 31
7. Shops Acts, 1912-1938 31
8. Offices 32
9. Effluvia from River Thames 32
10. Housing 33
(a) Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the
year 33
(b) Remedy of Defects during the year 33
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