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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

Carshalton 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Table: The results were as follows with comparable figures for the three preceding years :

The results were as follows with comparable figures for the three preceding years :

May TreatmentNovember Treatment
19531954195519561953195419551956
Manholes baited195166186188205172193191
Manholes in which takes of prebait were recorded6665566773535775
Percentage of manholes showing infestations33.839.130.135.635.630.829.539.3
Percentage in relation to total manholes in district5.85.74.95.96.44.75.06.6

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Swimming Baths
The only swimming bath in the district is in the ownership of the
Council who acquired it in 1953. Since that time considerable modifications
have been effected for improving the hygienic standard both of the
premises and the bath water. User is carefully controlled and kept within
the capacity of the purification plant. Eight samples of the bath water
taken during the year all proved to be satisfactory.
Offices
Twenty-eight inspections were made, but no action was necessary.
Factories, Workplaces and Outworkers

Table: The following table gives a summary of the registers:

The following table gives a summary of the registers:

EmployeesPremises
MalesFemalesTotal
Factories—
With mechanical power7775431,32092
without „ „30174717
Workplaces—
with mechanical power30–3029
without „ „21224323
8585821,440161

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The following tables, set out in the manner prescribed by the Home
Office Form 572 (Revised), indicates the inspections made and action taken
under the Factories Act.
1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections
made by the Public Health Inspectors).
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