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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 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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Table: D Sanitary Circumstances of the Area

D Sanitary Circumstances of the Area

1. Refuse Collection and Disposal29
(a) Costs29
(b) Details of Refuse Collection Vehicles
and staff29
(c) Details of tonnage30
2. Trade Refuse30
3. Salvage30
4. Public Conveniences31
5. Sanitary Inspection of the Area31
(a) Visits by Public Health Inspectors31
(b) Premises visited and results of such
visits32
(c) Summary of Nuisances abated and
defects remedied during the year32
(d) Drainage, Closet accommodation
and Cesspools32
(e) Atmospheric Pollution33
(f) Smoke Abatement33
(g) Swimming Baths and Pools34
(h) Offensive Trades35
(i) Rag Flock and Other Filling
Materials Act, 195135
(j) Pet Animals Act, 195136
(k) Camping Sites36
(l) Hop Pickers36
(m) Rodent Control36
(n) Pest Control37
(o) Eradication of Bed Bugs38
(p) Heating Appliances (Fireguards)38
Act 1952 and Regulations 1953
(q) Mosquito Control38
6. Shops Act, 195038
7. Sanitary Accommodation at Offices39
8. Street Trading39
9. River Thames- Effuvia40
10. Factories41
(i) Inspections41
(ii) Defects found41

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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