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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10. Laboratory Facilities 27
11. Mortuary 28
12. Disinfection Services 28
13. Welfare of Old People 28
14. National Assistance Act, 1948, Section
50 (Burials) 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 abated and
defects remedied during the year 31
(d) Drainage, Closet accommodation
and Cesspools 32
(e) Atmospheric Pollution 32
(f) Smoke Abatement 33
(g) Swimming Baths and Pools 33
(h) Offensive Trades 34
(i) Rag Flock and Other Filling
Materials Act, 1951 34
(j) Pet Animals Act, 1951 34
(k) Camping Sites 35
(l) Hop Pickers 35
(m) Rodent Control 35
(n) Pest Control 35
(0) Eradication of Bed Bugs 36
(p) Heating Appliances (Fireguards)
Act 1952 and Regulations 1953 36
(q) Mosquito Control 36
6. Shops Act, 1950 36
7. Sanitary Accommodation at Offices 37
8. Street Trading 37
9. River Thames—Effluvia 37
10. Factories 38
(i) Inspections 3
(ii) Defects found 38
11 Housing 39
(a) Clearance Areas. Housing Act. 1936 39
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