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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
Marylebone 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 12.—Bacteriological Examination of Water supplied to St. Marylebone—
Average Results.
Supply derived from River Thames A fter T reatment
| Agar plate count per ml. | Coliform count | E. coli count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of samples | 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. |
| 3,652 | 11.4 | — | 99.15 | 100.0 |
TABLE 13.—Rodent Control.
| Complaints received | 571 |
| Dwellings | 399 |
| Business premises | 172 |
| Rats | 211 |
| Mice | 360 |
| Blocks surveyed | 48 |
| Premises involved | 1,757 |
| Premises disinfested | 570 |
| Black rats | 2 |
| Brown rats | 175 |
| Mice | 393 |
| Treatments carried out | 2,037 |
TABLE 14.—Air Pollution.
R eadings from D eposit G auges and O ther A pparatus for M easuring
A ir P ollution
| Site | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N.l. | 12.28 | 14.45 | 10.03 | 11.92 | 8.53 | 10.54 | 16.81 | 12.19 | 9.15 | 7.23 | 17.96 | 20.07 |
| t.h. | 9.24 | 10.01 | 11.85 | 7.87 | 9.19 | 8.08 | 7.58 | 8.72 | 8.50 | 11.78 | 7.67 | 5.06 |
| N.l. | 7.06 | 8.97 | 6.45 | 7.03 | 5.33 | 5.04 | 9.08 | 7.86 | 7.73 | 11.55 | 8.05 | 7.43 |
| t.h. | 5.40 | 8.83 | 10.84 | 8.49 | 7.78 | 7.21 | 8.95 | 15.25 | 18.50 | 19.62 | 7.52 | 3.21 |
| N.l. | 3.67 | 3.57 | 2.09 | 1.22 | 1.38 | 1.15 | 1.05 | 0.88 | 1.09 | 1.78 | 3.59 | 3.49 |
| t.h. | 6 24 | 5.53 | 5.52 | 3.02 | 3.11 | 2.42 | 1.76 | 1.94 | 2.93 | 4.68 | 5.04 | 5.58 |
| E.R. | 5.07 | 4.59 | 5.59 | 2.58 | 2.69 | 1.77 | 1.04 | 1.16 | 2.42 i | 3.57 | 4.26 | 4.72 |
| t.h. | 23 | 26 | 22 | — | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 29 |
| G.P. | 30 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | — | 12 | 33 | 44 |
| t.h. | 15 | 15 | 14 | _ | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 15 |
| G.P. | 13 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 7 | 7 | 8 |