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

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Erith 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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5. Ambulance Service 27
6. School Clinics 27
7. Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 28
8. Maternity Home 28
9. Private Nursing Homes 28
10. Day Nursery 28
11. Laboratory Facilities 28
12. Mortuary 29
13. Disinfection Services 29
14. Welfare of Old People 29
15. National Assistance Act, 1948, (Burials)
Section 50 30
D Sanitary Circumstances of the Area
1. Refuse Collection and Disposal 31
(a) Costs 31
(b) Details of Refuse Collection Vehicles
and Staff 31
(c) Details of Tonnage 32
2. Trade Refuse 32
3. Salvage 32
4. Public Conveniences 32
5. Sanitary Inspection of the Area 33
(a) Visits by Sanitary Inspectors 33
(b) Premises visited and results of such visits 33
(c) Summary of Nuisances and defects
remedied during the year 33
(d) Closet accommodation and cesspools 34
(e) Smoke Abatement 34
(f) Swimming Baths and Pools 34
(g) Camping Sites 35
(h) Hop Pickers 35
(i) Eradication of Bed Bugs 35
(j) Mosquito Control 36
(k) Rodent Control 36
(l) Pest Control 36
(m) Offensive Trades 36
(n) Rag Flock Act 37
(o) Pet Animals Act, 1951 37
(p) Merchandise Marks Act, 1926 37
6. Factories 37
(i) Inspections 37
(ii) Defects Found 38
7. Shops Acts 1950 38
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