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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Erith 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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50
F (4) National Assistance Act. Section 47
The sanitary conditions existing in the homes of many
aged persons have been constantly kept under review.
having regard to the above statute. One case was dealt with
under the provisions of the 1951 Amendment Act.
| Provision of Dustbins | Erith Improvent Act | 1920 |
| Tents vans and sheds | 28th Feb. | 1928 |
| Houses let-in-lodgings | 27th Jan. | 1930 |
| Slaughterhouses | 29th Feb. | 1932 |
| Libraries and Museums | 15th June | 1934 |
| Nursing homes | 20th July | 1934 |
| Pleasure grounds | 4th Feb. | 1936 |
| Fish frying | 9th May | 1939 |
| House refuse | 17th Oct. | 1939 |
| Erith Cemetery | 25th Oct | 1939 |
| Public baths | 26th Oct. | 1939 |
| Prevention of nuisances | 23rd April | 1940 |
| Good rule and government | 1st Jan. | 1941 |
| Offensive trades | 9th May | 1939 |
| Deposit of litter | 9th Jan. | 1950 |
| Clean food | 19th July | 1950 |
| Building bye-laws | 7th Dec. | 1953 |
| Deposit of substances on highways 27th Oct. | 1954 | |