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

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Marylebone 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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TABLE 13.—Bacteriological Examination of Water supplied to St. Marylebone—

Average Results.

Source of supplyNumber of samplesAfter Treatment
Agar plate count per ml.Coliform countE. coli count
20-24 hours at 37 °C.3 days at 22 °C.Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml.Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml.
Barn Elms5165.399.03100.0
Ashford Common25718.0100.0100.0
Kempton Park51515.599.8100.0
Hampton9766.7100.0100.0

TABLE 14.—Rodent Control.

Complaints received536
Dwellings342
Business premises184
Rats272
Mice264
Blocks surveyed37
Premises involved1,091
Premises disinfested519
Black rats4
Brown rats243
Mice272
Treatments carried out1,745

TABLE 15.—Air Pollution.

Readings from Deposit Gauges and Other Apparatus for Measuring

Air Pollution

SiteJan.Feb.Mar.Apr.MayJuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.
' ' ... Insoluble Matter—Tons per sq. mile (collected in deposit gauges)
N.L.15.435.9418.1713.766.5114.517.979.124.1712.3815.2821.58
T.H.17.7823.6424.8812.896.655.656.918.151.9616.129.779.84
Soluble Matter—Tons -ber sa. mile (collected in deposit gauees).
N.L.8.873.947.236.854.165.093.893.851.787.429.779.13
T.H.10.433.0810.837.325.756.875.367.712.2911.3610.0512.29
Sulphur Trioxide—Milligrams -ber day collected (tier 100 sq. cm. of lead peroxide)
N.L.5.274 362.381.980.990.920.850.920.902.123.824.12
T.H.8.247.665.063.802.602.401.812.322.804.687.005.54
E.R.7.386.564.193.372.401.581.471.982.964.375.273.93
Smoke—Milligrams -ber 100 cubic metres of air average per day (Volumetric method)
T.H.472921141196T5163924
G.P.5336291775T*7124428
Sulphur Dioxide—Parts per 100 million parts of air average per day ( Volumetric method)
T.H.2424131276454111812
G.P.2121219-554571510

* T Less than 0.05 milligrams of smoke per 100 cubic metres of air.