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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6. School Clinics 23
7. Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 24
8. Maternity Home 24
9- Private Nursing Homes 24
10. Laboratory Facilities 25
11. Mortuary 25
12. Disinfection Services 25
13. Welfare of Old People 25
14. National Assistance Act, 1948, Section
50 (Burials) 25
D Sanitary Circumstances of the Area
1. Refuse Collection and Disposal
(a) Costs 26
(b) Details of Refuse Collection Vehicles
and staff 26
(c) Details of tonnage 27
2. Trade Refuse 27
3- Salvage 27
4. Public Conveniences 28
5. Sanitary Inspection of the Area 28
(a) Visits by Public Health Inspectors 28
(b) Premises visited and results of sucn
visits 29
(c) Summary of Nuisances abated and
defects remedied during the year 29
(d) Drainage, Closet accommodation
and Cesspools 29
(e) Atmospheric Pollution 30
(f) The Clean Air Act, 1956 31
(g) Swimming Baths and Pools 31
(h) Offensive Trades 32
(i) Rag Flock and Other Filling
Materials Act, 1951 32
(j) Pet Animals Act, 1951 33
(k) Caravan Sites 33
(1) Hop Pickers 33
(m) Rodent Control 33
(n) Pest Control 34
(o) Eradication of Bed Bugs 35
(p) Heating Appliances (Fireguards)
Act 1952 and Regulations 1953 35
(q) Mosquito Control 35
(r) Agriculture (Safety, Health and
Welfare Provisions) Act, 1956 36
(s) Common Lodging Houses 36
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