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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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| Section 133 | Section 134 | |||||
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| Nature of Work 1 | No. of outworkers in August list required by Section 133 (1) (c) 2 | No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council 3 | No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists 4 | No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises 5 | Notices served 6 | Prosecutions 7 |
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OUTWORK AND THE INSPECTION OF OUTWORKERS' PREMISES, ETC.
Lists received from City Firms employing outworkers 32
Names and addresses of outworkers resident in the City received from other Authorities 16
Names and addresses of outworkers resident outside the City, employed by City firms,
transmitted to other Authorities. 352
No case of infectious disease was reported in connection with outworkers' premises in the
City.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES
The general sanitary supervision has been maintained and in this connection 6,986 inspections
have been made. As a consequence of these inspections, it was necessary to serve 51
Intimation Notices.
Tenement Houses were inspected and the only common lodging house in the City was kept
under regular supervision.
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
The measurement of atmospheric pollution has continued during 1967.
Daily readings are taken at the volumetric stations and the information is collated at the
Central office in Guildhall where the smoke stains are 'read' on a photo-electric reflectometer
and forms are completed and returned to the Ministry of Technology, Warren Spring Laboratory at
Stevenage where similar information is received from all over the country.
The figures for 1962/65 from the Golden Lane Station, which was taken out of service in
1965, are included in Tables II and III for comparison with the station at the Public Services
Building which is situated approximately 200 yards from Golden Lane.
The determination of Sulphur Dioxide by the Lead Peroxide method was discontinued in the
City at the end of 1966.
The results of the atmospheric pollution investigations carried out by this department are
set out in the following tables:—
TABLE I — Deposit Gauge
The rainwater collected at Guildhall during the year was more than the average for the past
five years. The insoluble deposits have increased once again and the average was higher than
that of any of the previous five years. This was probably due to demolition and rebuilding
works in the vicinity.
TABLE II — Smoke concentration by the volumetric method.
The concentration of smoke recorded during 1967 was less than the average for the past five
years.
TABLE III — Sulphur measurement by the volumetric method.
The concentration of sulphur in 1967 was less than the average for the past five years.
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