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