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Erith 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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6. School Clinics 26
7. Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 27
8. Maternity Home 27
9. Private Nursing Homes 27
10. Laboratory Facilities 28
11. Mortuary 28
12. Disinfection Services 28
13. Welfare of Old People 28
14. National Assistance Act, 1948, Section
50 (Burials 28
D Sanitary Circumstances of the Area
1. Refuse Collection and Disposal 29
(a) Costs 29
(b) Details of Refuse Collection Vehicles
and staff 29
(c) Details of tonnage 30
2. Trade Refuse 30
3. Salvage and Special Collections 30
4. Public Conveniences 31
5. Sanitary Inspection of the Area 31
(a) Visits by Public Health Inspectors 31
(b) Premises visited and results of such
visits 32
(c) Summary of Nuisances abated and
defects remedied during the year 32
(d) Drainage, Closet accommodation
and Cesspools 32
(e) Atmospheric Pollution 33
(f) The Clean Air Act, 1956 34
(g) Swimming Baths and Pools 34
(h) Offensive Trades 35
(i) Rag Flock and Other Filling
Materials Act, 1951 35
(j) Pet Animals Act, 1951 36
(k) Caravan Sites 36
(1) Hop Pickers 36
(m)Rodent Control 36
(n) Pest Control 37
(o) Eradication of Bed Bugs 37
(p) Heating Appliances (Fireguards)
Act 1952 and Regulations 1953 37
(q) The Oil Heaters Regulations 1962 37
(r) Mosquito Control 37
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