London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
City of London 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE F.
| No. of Debatting Certificates Issued. | Number of Deratting Exemption Certificates Issued. 6. | Total Certificates Issued. 7. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After Fumigation with | After Trapping. 3. | After Poisoning. 4. | After Trapping and Poisoning. 4(a) | Total. 5 | |||
| HCN 1. | Other Fumigant (state Method) S.O2. 2. | ||||||
| 123. | 2. | 9. | "1080" 13 " Warfarin" 2 Zinc-Phosphide 15 "Warfarin" & ZincPhosphicle 1 31. | Trapping and "1080" 1 Trapping and "Warfarin" 2 Trapping & ZincPhosphide 3 6. | 171. | 808. | 979. |
TABLE G
| Inspections and Notices. | British owned vessels. | Foreign owned vessels. |
|---|---|---|
| Number of vessels visited by Sanitary Inspectors | 6.888 | 2,914 |
| Number of vessels on which sanitary defects were found, and details reported to the Master, Owners and/or Ministry of Transport | 1,026 | 94 |
| Number of Statutory Notices served | Nil | Nil |
| Number of vessels on which sanitary defects were remedied | 974 | 93 |
| Inadequate ventilation | 16 | 1 |
| Defective Lighting—Natural | 2 | — |
| Do. do. — Artificial | 4 | — |
| Defective Heating | 18 | — |
| Condensation | 28 | 1 |
| Leaking Decks | 24 | — |
| Leaking Ports, Decklights, etc. | 15 | 1 |
| Leaking Sideplates | 2 | — |
| Leaking Hawser and Chain Pipes | 1 | — |
| Deficient or Obstructed Floor Drainage | 13 | -— |
| Water lodging on top of Peak Tanks | 3 | — |
| Defective Bulkheads | 6 | — |
| Do. Floors | 18 | — |
| Do. Doors | 5 | — |
| Do. Chain Pipes | — | — |
| Do. Bunks | 3 | — |
| Do. Clothes Lockers | 4 | — |
| Do. Food Lockers | 8 | — |
| Do. Food Storage | 19 | 1 |
| Do. Cooking Arrangements | 18 | — |
| Defective or Uncleanly Drinking Water Storage | 5 | — |
| Water Closet Obsolete | 5 | 1 |
| Do. Defective | 37 | — |
| Do. Foul or Choked | 18 | 1 |
| Do. Inadequate Flush | 13 | 1 |
| Wash Basins Defective | 13 | — |
| Do. Foul | 6 | 1 |
| Neglected Paintwork or Distemper | 33 | 2 |
| Absence of Washrooms | 3 | — |
| Absence of Messrooms | 3 | 1 |
| Misappropriation of Crew Spaces | 1 | — |
| Verminous Quarters | 89 | 6 |
| Dirty Quarters | 813 | 85 |
| Miscellaneous | 46 | 1 |
| Total | 1292 | 103 |
INSECTICIDES USED IN SHIPS AGAINST INFESTATIONS IN LIVING ACCOMMODATION.
There has been a considerable development in the choice of insecticides and the methods of
applying them to living and ancillary accommodation such as galleys, storerooms, etc., since the war.
The principal insects to be attacked include flies, mosquitoes, fleas, bugs, cockroaches and ants.
A number of insecticides are now known to be highly lethal to such insects the more popular
being DDT, BHC, Lindane, Chlordane, Aldrin and Dieldrin, and the problem has been to find which
is the best to use and the best method of applying it.
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