View report page

13
Hairdressers' establishments 50 (119)
Infectious disease 9 (53)
Miscellaneous calls 148 (143)
Outworkers 8 (4)
Overcrowding 378 (167)
Rodent control 112 (162)
Pet Animals Act 21 (30)
Rag and bone stores — (19)
Rag Flock Act 5 (5)
Rehousing applications 123 (149)
Smoke observations 39 (62)
Town Planning 112 (80)
Vermin investigations 373 (524)
MEDICINAL BATHS AND DISINFECTING STATION.—The
tables below give a summary of the work done at the Medicinal
Baths and by the Disinfecting and Disinfesting Operatives.
Disinfestation:—
Rooms treated for vermin 52 (850)
Articles disinfested 1,653 (1,342)
Disinfection:—
Rooms disinfected after infectious disease 120 (144)
Library books disinfected 576 (527)
Articles of clothing, etc., disinfected 559 (718)
Scabies:—
Number of adults treated 126 (46)
Number of children treated 29 (6)
Number of treatments given 292 (99)
Vermin:— Heads Bodies
Number of adults treated 19 (34) 41 (29)
Number of children treated 5(10) 2(—)
The medicinal baths staff also deal with the laundry and home
bathing of old people which is reported under " Aged and Infirm
Persons."
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
Measurement of pollution.—The results obtained from the
recording apparatus at the Welfare Centre, 283a, Harrow Road,
during 1958 are given below.
Month
Rainfall
in mms.
Insoluble
deposits in
tons per
square mile
Soluble
deposits in
tons per
square mile
S.03 in
mgs. per
day per 100
square cms.
January
52
(38)
17.24
(14.83)
13.35
(10.71)
4.80
(4.46)
February
57
(77)
16.16
(11.98)
10.94
(9.80)
4.65
(3.44)
March
26
(28)
13.76
(18.59)
9.09
(7.62)
3.64
(3.27)
April
38
(4)
10.20
(10.24)
8.28
(3.89)
3.02
(3.19)
May
53
(26)
9.13
(11.03)
7.49
(7.48)
1.64
(2.45)
June
113
(13)
8.96
(16.31)
9.09
(7.04)
1.79
(1.63)
July
48
(84)
9.33
(11.68)
7.38
(11.74)
1.85
(1.77)
August
67
(40)
14.16
(6.78)
11.24
(6.58)
2.03
(1.73)
September
103
(62)
14.96
(10.94)
11.91
(6.27)
3.01
(1.77)
October
64
(49)
12.72
(13.15)
9.85
(7.48)
3.46
(3.76)
November
47
(61)
13.22
(11.24)
11.47
(10.96)
5.28
(3.95)
December
75
(45)
14.62
(13.82)
12.55
(13.86)
5.34
(5.23)