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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
Wimbledon 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Wimbledon Cemetery Site.
| Month | Deposit per month (in tons per sq. mile) | SO2 per day (in milligrams per 100 sq. centimetres of candle) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insoluble Solids | Soluble Solids | Total Solids | ||
| January | 5.3 | 3.1 | 8.4 | 2.9 |
| February | 5.1 | 5.3 | 10.4 | 2.6 |
| March | 6.4 | 9.9 | 16.3 | 3.4 |
| April | 6.3 | 5.0 | 11.3 | 1.6 |
| May | 14.7 | 8.0 | 22.7 | 1.6 |
| June | 7.0 | 5.0 | 12.0 | 1.2 |
| July | 5.0 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 0.5 |
| August | 3.1 | 5.0 | 8.1 | 0.4 |
| September | 3.9 | 7.1 | 11.0 | 1.0 |
| October | 3.7 | 8.0 | 11.7 | 1.5 |
| November | 2.0 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 1.4 |
| December | 7.9 | 7.5 | 15.4 | 2.5 |
The Council appointed the Chairman of the Health Committee and the Senior
Public Health Inspector as their representatives on the Standing Conference
convened by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, and comprising
all co-operating bodies. This Conference met twice during the year.
No progress was made during 1960 to implement the scheme which the Council
approved in 1959 to enable the making of Smoke Control Orders covering the whole
of the Borough. Since the end of 1960, however, a Technical Assistant (Clean
Air Act) has been appointed, and at the time of writing the inspection work
upon the proposed first 3noke Control Area has been commenced.
SHOPS ACT 1950
The total number of Shops Act inspections during 1960 was 144, Sanitary
accommodation and heating and ventilation of shops has been kept under observation,
and any necessary action has been taken in respect of general closing
hours, half-day closing and Sunday Trading.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS
No outbreaks of disease occurred within the Borough during 1960. Copies
of Orders made by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in respect
of outbreaks of foot and mouth disease, anthrax and fowl pest were received.
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