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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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| Nature of Work | Section 133 | Section 134 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of outworkers in August list required by Section 133 (1) (c) | No. of cases of defau It in sending 1 i sts to the Counci 1 | No. of prosecutions for failure to supply li sts | No. of i nstances of work in unwholesome premi ses | Noti ces served | Prosecutions | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Wearing apparel (Making, etc.) | 250 | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 250 | - | - | - | - | - |
Outwork and the inspection of outworkers' premises etc.
Lists received from City Firms employing outworkers 25
Names and addresses of City outworkers received from other Authorities 9
Names and addresses of outworkers resident outside the City, employed by City firms,
transmitted to other Authorities. 250
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 21,296 inspections
have been made. As a consequence of these inspections, it was necessary to serve 1,812
Intimation Notices.
Tenement Houses were inspected and the only common lodging house in the City was kept
under regular supervision.
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
CITY OF LONDON (VARIOUS POWERS) ACT, 1954
CLEAN AIR ACT, 1956
CLEAN AIR ACT, 1968
The above-mentioned Acts provide a broad basis for controlling pollution of the atmosphere
in the City and are enforced by the City's Public Health Inspectors, who carried out 1,814 inspections
and observations during the year. The following statistics indicate the extent of the
work undertaken in this particular field:—
1. Initial inspections — 647
2. Re-inspections — 157
3. Observations made — 1,010
4. Contraventions noted — 37
5. Verbal intimations — 115
6. Notices served — 9
Over the past few years it has been observed that while most areas in the country show a
steady decline in the concentration of S02 in the atmosphere, the level in London as a whole
does not appear to be declining at the same rate and, indeed, for the City of London it has ceased
to fall and over the last year demonstrates a tendency to rise. What is disturbing is that it is
unlikely to be a temporary increase, since the trends in redevelopment mean bigger installations
and more fuel consumed in the same area.
Concern must be expressed over this rising sulphur dioxide concentration in the atmosphere
in the City and whatever steps are available ought to be taken to secure its reduction.
Users of oil-fired boilers are encouraged to use a fuel oil of less 1% sulphur content and it
is felt that if this voluntary method had not been adopted the sulphur dioxide pollution would
have been much worse.
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