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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6. School Clinics 32
7. Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 33
8. Maternity Home 33
9. Private Nursing Homes 33
10. Day Nursery 33
11. Laboratory Facilities 33
12. Mortuary 34
13. Disinfection Services 34
14. Old People's Welfare 34
15. National Assistance Act, 1948, (Burials)
Section 50 35
D Sanitary Circumstances of the Area
1. Refuse Collection and Disposal 36
(a) Costs 36
(b) Details of Refuse Collection Vehicles
and Staff 36
(c) Details of Tonnage 37
2. Trade Refuse 37
3. Salvage 37
4. Public Conveniences 37
5. Sanitary Inspection of the Area 38
(a) Visits by Sanitary Inspectors 38
(b) Premises visited and results of such visits 38
(c) Summary of Nuisances and defects
remedied during the year 38
(d) Closet accommodation and cesspools 39
(e) Smoke Abatement 39
(f) Swimming Baths and Pools 39
(g) Camping Sites 40
(h) Hop Pickers 40
(i) Rag Flock Act 40
(j) Eradication of Bed Bugs 40
(k) Mosquito Control 41
(1) Rodent Control 41
(m) Pest Control 41
(n) Offensive Trades 42
6. Factories 42
(i) Inspections 42
(ii) Defects Found 42
7. Shops Acts 1950 43
8. Sanitary Accommodation at Offices 43
9. Effluvia from River Thames 43
10. Atmospheric Pollution 45
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