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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8. Maternity Home 26
9. Private Nursing Homes 26
10. Laboratory Facilities 26
11. Mortuary 27
12. Disinfection Services 27
13. Welfare of Old People 27
14. National Assistance Act, 1948, (Burials)
Section 50 27
D Sanitary Circumstances of the Area
1. Refuse Collection and Disposal 28
(a) Costs 28
(b) Details of Refuse Collection Vehicles
and Staff 28
(c) Details of Tonnage 29
2. Trade Refuse 29
3. Salvage 29
4. Public Conveniences 29
5. Sanitary Inspection of the Area 30
(a) Visits by Sanitary Inspectors 30
(b) Premises visited and results of such visits 30
(c) Summary of Nuisances and defects
remedied during the year 30
(d) Closet accommodation and cesspools 31
(e) Smoke Abatement 31
(f) Swimming Baths and Pools 31
(g) Offensive Trades 32
(h) Rag Flock Act 32
(i) Pet Animals Act, 1951 32
(j) Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act,
1952 32
(k) Camping Sites 33
(1) Hop Pickers 33
(m) Mosquito Control 33
(n) Rodent Control 33
(0) Pest Control 34
(p) Burial Act, 1857, Section 25 34
(q) Eradication of Bed Bugs 34
6. Factories 35
(1) Inspections 35
(ii) Defects Found 35
7. Shops Acts 1950 36
8. Sanitary Accommodation at Offices 36
9. Flooding of Belvedere and Abbey Wood 36
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