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 25
11. Mortuary 26
12. Disinfection Services 26
13. Welfare of Old People 26
14. National Assistance Act, 1948, Section
50 (Burials) 26
D Sanitary Circumstances of the Area
1. Refuse Collection and Disposal 27
(a) Costs 27
(b) Details of Refuse Collection Vehicles
and staff 27
(c) Details of tonnage 28
2. Trade Refuse 28
3. Salvage 28
4. Public Conveniences 29
5. Sanitary Inspection of the Area 29
(a) Visits by Public Health Inspectors 29
(b) Premises visited and results of such
visits 30
(c) Summary of Nuisances abated and
defects remedied during the year 30
(d) Drainage, Closet accommodation
and Cesspools 30
(e) Atmospheric Pollution 31
(f) Smoke Abatement 32
(g) Swimming Baths and Pools 32
(h) Offensive Trades 33
(i) Rag Flock and Other Filling
Materials Act, 1951 33
(j) Pet Animals Act, 1951 33
(k) Camping Sites 33
(1) Hop Pickers 33
(m)Rodent Control 33
(n) Pest Control 34
(o) Eradication of Bed Bugs 34
(p) Heating Appliances (Fireguards)
Act 1952 and Regulations 1953 35
(q) Mosquito Control 35
6. Shops Act, 1950 35
7. Sanitary Accommodation at Offices 35
8- Street Trading 36
9. River Thames—Effluvia 36
10. Factories 37
(i) Inspections 37
(ii) Defects found 38
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