London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Fulham 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]

This page requires JavaScript

38
DWELLINGS COMPLETED BY THE COUNCIL BETWEEN
1ST. JANUARY AND 31ST DECEMBER, 1962

DWELLINGS COMPLETED BY THE COUNCIL BETWEEN 1ST.JANUARY AND 31ST DECEMBER, 1962

Information supplied by the courtesy of the Borough Architect and Director of Housing Mr. E. A. H. MacDonald, A.R.I.B.A., F.I.Hsg:-

EstateDate CompletedNo.of DwellingsRoomsTotal Rooms
1234
Samuel Richardson House25.8.62245341271

Under the Housing Act, 1957, the Council is continuing to acquire property for general
housing needs. Some 58 properties have been acquired under this Act which will provide 98 family
units, of these, improvements to 93 family units have been completed.
DRAINAGE OF NEW BUILDINGS
and
RECONSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE
A Senior Public Health Inspector specialises in the inspection, supervision and testing of
drainage works and is available for advising contractors and others on any project. During the year
the following drainage schemes were approved by the Public Health Committee:-
Additions to existing buildings or additional sanitary accommodation 96
Reconstruction of drainage system 4
Conversion of premises into flats 40
New buildings 20
Total 160
RODENT CONTROL
During the year four baiting treatments of the sewers were carried out. On each occasion 315
inspection chambers were poison baited by a service company using sodium fluoracetate in 4oz.
baits. The toxic qualities of this poison are well-known and the main reason for engaging this
particular company was that their operators are thoroughly trained in the use of this substance.
It was noted that some two weeks after each treatment there was a reduction in the number of
surface infestations, both 'reported' and 'discovered' by inspection. Also noticed was that practically
all of the reported cases of surface infestations were traceable to rats coming off either a
defective or disused house connection to the sewer. One month after the 4th treatment, test baiting
of 50 selected inspection chambers was carried out using a non-poisonous bait of the same base as
the poison bait and these upon checking gave only 4 points where some disturbance of the bait
had taken place. This indicates that the rat population had been considerably reduced.
In the light of this experience the Public Health Committee agreed to continue 4 treatments
per year using the same potent poison bait and continuing the services of a service company.