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

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Erith 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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8. Maternity Home 27
9. Private Nursing Homes 27
10. Day Nurseries 27
11. Laboratory Facilities 27
12. Mortuary 28
13. Disinfection Services 28
14. Old Peoples' Welfare 28
15. National Assistance Act 1948, (Burials)
tion 50 31
D Sanitary Circumstances of the Area
1. Refuse Collection and Disposal 32
(a) Costs 32
(b) Details of Refuse Collection Vehicles and
Staff 32
(c) Details of Tonnage 33
2. Trade Refuse 33
3. Salvage 33
4. Public Conveniences 33
5. Sanitary Inspection of the Area 34
(a) Visits by Sanitary Inspectors 34
(b) Premises visited and results of such visits 34
(c) Summary of Nuisances and defects
remedied during the year 34
(d) Closet accommodation and cesspools 35
(e) Smoke Abatement 35
(f) Swimming Baths and Pools 35
(g) Camping Sites 36
(h) Hop Pickers 36
(i) Rag Flock Act 36
(j) Eradication of Bed Bugs 36
(k) Mosquito Control 37
(l) Rodent Control 37
(m) Pest Control 37
(n) Offensive Trades 37
6. Factories 38
(i) Inspections 38
(ii) Defects Found 38
7. Shops Acts 38
(a) Shops Acts, 1950 38
(b) Shops (Sunday Trading Restriction) Act,
1936 39
8. Offices 39
9. Effluvia from River Thames 39
10. Atmospheric Pollution 40
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