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Fulham 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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PHARMACY & POISONS ACT. 1933. THE POISON RULES.
PHARMACY & MEDICINES ACT. 1941.
At the end of 1952, there were 171 names on the Council's List of
persons entitled to sell Part II poisons. The following changes took
place in the Register during the years:-
No. of listed sellers on Council's
Register at 1. 1.52 174
No, added during year 19
193
No. who transferred their business or discontinued
the sale of poisons 22
No. on Register at 31.12.52 171
393 visits of inspection were made during the year under review and
11 samples of Part II Poisons were submitted for analysis all of which
were reported to be satisfactory.
SHIMMING BATH WATER SAMPLES 1952
Samples of swimming bath water, details of the analyses of which follow, were uniformly goods:-
| Date | Bath | Time | Bacteria per c.c. | B. Coli | Free Chlor -ine parts per million |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26th March | Ladies | Morning | 2,136 | Negative | 0.14 |
| ,, | ,, | Afternoon | Nil | ,, | 0.48 |
| 22nd May | Gents. | Morning | 2,464 | ,, | 0.25 |
| ,, | ,, | Afternoon | Nil | ,, | 0.27 |
| 10th July | Mixed | Morning | Nil | ,, | 0.375 |
| ,, | ,, | Afternoon | Nil | ,, | 0.95 |