London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Leyton 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
This page requires JavaScript
(ii) Bacteriological Examination.
| Commodity | Taken | Grade | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | III | IV | ||
| Ice Cream | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Ice Lollies | 11 | — | — | — | — |
| Water | 17 | — | — | — | — |
| Miscellaneous | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| TOTAL | 50 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
(b) Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951.
(i) Samples taken.
All samples were of a satisfactory standard.
| Type of material and appropriate tests | Standard prescribed by R.F. £ O.F.M. Regs. 1951 | Actual results of analysis | Samples | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Samples Nos. 1 2, 3, 5, 7, 8—Rag Flock; Impurities test (in tripli' cate), Oil and Soap test ; Chlorine test | Not to contain more than 1.8% of soluble im' purities, 5% of oil and soap or 30 parts per 100,000 of soluble chlo' rides. | Soluble impuri' ties averages. Oil content. Soap content. Chlorine content in parts per 100,000. | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 | |||||
| 0 7 | 0 9 | 0.9 | 0 8 | 0 9 | 0 8 | |||||
| 12 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||
| Sample No. 4 — Woollen Mixture Felt. Animal Fibre test; Oil and Soap test ; Chlorine test. | To contain not less than 60% animal fibre. Not to con-tain more than 1.8% soluble impurities, 5% of oil and soap or 30 parts per 100,000 of soluble chlo' rides. | Animal fibre on' tent. Chlorine content. Oil content. Soap content. Soluble impurities averages. | 66.5 | |||||||
| 5 | ||||||||||
| 2.1 | ||||||||||
| 1.1 | ||||||||||
| 0.7 | ||||||||||
| Sample No. 6— Cotton felt. Oil test; Trash con' tent test; Dust index test. | Not to contain more than 2% oil, 7£% trash. To be not more than index 3. | Oil content. Trash content. Dust index. | .2 | |||||||
| 5. 4 | ||||||||||
| 1.8 | ||||||||||
7. ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION.
(i) Smoke Abatement.
32 observations were made as to quantities of smoke emitted from
chimneys of industrial and commercial premises. Written intimations
were sent to the managements of a number of business undertakings
regarding excessive smoke and grit emission.
(ii) Daily Records.
The following tables show the results recorded during the twelve
months ended March, 1957, divided into "Summer" and "Winter"
periods. The average results for the 6-year period ended March, 1956,
are also shown for comparison.