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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
Edmonton 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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SUMMARY OF ANALYSES
| 1957 | Rainfall in inches | DEPOSIT IN TONS PER SQUARE MILE | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insoluble Deposits | Ash | Soluble Deposits | Total Solids | ||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (C) | (a) | (b) | (c) | (a) | (b) | (C) | (a) | (b) | (c) | (a) | (b) | (C) | |
| June | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.54 | 10. 87 | 8.60 | 7.75 | 6. 16 | 5.83 | 4. 14 | 3. 26 | 3.70 | 4. 12 | 14.13 | 12.30 | 11.87 |
| July | 3.26 | 2.99 | 2.93 | 4.42 | 9. 67 | 5. 79 | 1. 97 | 6.32 | 3.28 | 5. 60 | 6.45 | 5.55 | 10.02 | 16.12 | 11.34 |
| August | 2.07 | 2.15 | 2.06 | 16.23 | 6.59 | 3.68 | 10.96 | 4.35 | 2.22 | 7.03 | 5.12 | 5.02 | 23.26 | 11.71 | 8.70 |
| September | 2.28 | 2.21 | 1.96 | 3.55 | 6.54 | 3.79 | 2.45 | 4.79 | 2.38 | 3.49 | 4.55 | 4.02 | 7.04 | 11.09 | 7.81 |
| October | 1.80 | 1.80 | 1.71 | 4.44 | 6.14 | 4.70 | 2.38 | 4,21 | 2.95 | 5.86 | 5.50 | 3.52 | 10.30 | 11.64 | 8.22 |
| November | 2.09 | 1.89 | 1.85 | 2.88 | 7.17 | 5.63 | 1.80 | 4.99 | 3.76 | 4.81 | 4.99 | 4.47 | 7.69 | 12.16 | 10.10 |
| December | 1.55 | 1.55 | 1.62 | 8.12 | 11.49 | 10.80 | 5.46 | 7.22 | 7,33 | 7.30 | 7.84 | 8.00 | 15.42 | 19.33 | 18.80 |
(a) Site No.1. St. David's Hospital
(b) Site No.2. Town Hall
(c) Site No.3. Cuckoo Hall Lane School
RODENT CONTROL
Your Senior Public Health Inspector, as Officer-in-Charge, Rodent Control, reported as
follows:-
The Council have an Assistant Rodent Officer, two Rodent Operators, the part time services
of a Clerk and appointed the Public Health Inspectors as Rodent Officers.
During the year the treatment of business premises by "Warfarin" was continued and has
proved very successful.
The Public Health Inspectors in cases where there was a possibility of the infestation
being due to defective drainage visited the premises and tested the drainage and any defects
discovered were dealt with through the usual channels. In 80 per cent. of the cases defects were
discovered and as one can quite appreciate entailed quite a large amount of work. The following
table gives details of the work carried out during the year.
Prevalence of Rats and Mice:
Type of Property
| Local Authority | Dwelling Houses | All Other including Business and Industrial | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Properties inspected as a result of notification | 4 | 605 | 22 | 631 |
| Other properties investigated | 6 | 2, 805 | 23 | 2 834 |
| Properties found to be infested: | ||||
| Rats (a) Major infestations | 4 | - | 5 | 9 |
| (b) Minor infestations | - | 569 | 7 | 576 |
| Mice (a) Major infestations | — | - | - | - |
| (b) Minor infestations | - | 53 | 10 | 63 |
| Number of properties treated by Rodent Operators | 4 | 620 | 22 | 646 |
| Number of inspections | 137 | 6, 709 | 225 | 7,071 |