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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4. Venereal Diseases 30
5. Ambulance Service 30
6. School Clinics 30
7. Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 31
8. Maternity Home 31
9. Private Nursing Homes 31
10. Laboratory Facilities 32
11. Mortuary 32
12. Disinfection Services 32
13. Welfare of Old People 32
14. National Assistance Act, 1948, Section
50 (Burials) 32
D Sanitary Circumstances of the Area
1. Refuse Collection and Disposal
(a) Costs 33
(b) Details of Refuse Collection Vehicles
and staff 33
(c) Details of tonnage 34
2. Trade Refuse 34
3. Salvage 34
4. Public Conveniences 35
5. Sanitary Inspection of the Area 35
(a) Visits by Public Health Inspectors 35
(b) Premises visited and results of such
visits 36
(c) Summary of Nuisances abated and
defects remedied during the year 36
(d) Drainage, Closet accommodation
and Cesspools 36
(e) Atmospheric Pollution 37
(f) The Clean Air Act, 1956 38
(g) Swimming Baths and Pools 39
(h) Offensive Trades 40
(i) Rag Flock and Other Filling
Materials Act, 1951 40
(j) Pet Animals Act, 1951 40
(k) Caravan Sites 41
(1) Hop Pickers 41
(m) Rodent Control 41
(n) Pest Control 42
(o) Eradication of Bed Bugs 42
(p) Heating Appliances (Fireguards)
Act 1952 and Regulations 1953 42
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