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Erith 1962

[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 26
(a) Costs 26
(b) Details of Refuse Collection Vehicles
and staff 26
(c) Details of tonnage 27
2. Trade Refuse 27
3. Salvage and Special Collections 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 such
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 32
(h) Offensive Trades 33
(i) Rag Flock and Other Filling
Materials Act, 1951 33
(j) Pet Animals Act, 1951 33
(k) Caravan Sites 34
(1) Hop Pickers 34
(m) Rodent Control 34
(n) Pest Control 35
(o) Eradication of Bed Bugs 35
(p) Heating Appliances (Fireguards)
Act 1952 and Regulations 1953 35
(q) The Oil Heaters Regulations 1962 35
(r) Mosquito Control 35
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