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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
Tottenham 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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| Month | Park Lane | St. Ann's | Tottenham Technical College | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall | Insoluble Deposit | Soluble Deposit | Rainfall | Insoluble Deposit | Soluble Deposit | Smoke | Sulphur Dioxide | |||
| Highest | Monthly Average | Highest Daily Reading | ||||||||
| Monthly Average | Daily Reading | |||||||||
| (ins.) | (Tons per square mile) | (ins.) | (Tons per square mile) | (mg per 100m.3) | (mg per 100m 3) | (Parts per 100 million) | ||||
| January | 1.63 | 5.19 | 5.68 | 1.81 | 5.51 | 6.14 | 66 | 167 | 6.7 | 20.1 |
| February | 2.33 | 6.68 | 8.66 | 2.49 | 6.85 | 8.21 | 23 | 52 | 7.6 | 19 5 |
| March | 1.41 | 9.21 | 7.57 | 1.51 | 8.78 | 7.15 | 13 | 28 | 4.7 | 9.9 |
| April | 0.52 | 7.97 | 4.40 | 0.52 | 8.00 | 4 60 | 9 | 16 | 5.3 | 10.3 |
| May | 1.63 | 6.19 | 4.76 | 1.72 | 6.85 | 4.88 | 6 | 16 | 5.7 | 18.8 |
| June | 1.44 | 6.76 | 4.29 | 1.38 | 6.60 | 4.77 | 3 | 9 | 3.7 | 9.0 |
| July | 3.36 | 4.70 | 3.74 | 3.45 | 4.90 | 4.58 | 2 | 5 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
| August | 2.44 | 6.78 | 5.91 | 2.21 | 5.09 | 4.82 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4.7 |
| September | 4.08 | 6.55 | 5.30 | 4.52 | 4.39 | 2.83 | 5 | 13 | 2.9 | 6.7 |
| October | 5.08 | 6.12 | 3.49 | 5.48 | 4.94 | 5.14 | 10 | 28 | 3.9 | 7.7 |
| November | 3.69 | 5.65 | 8.82 | 3.73 | 5.20 | 7.03 | 18 | 58 | 3.1 | 6.7 |
| December | 2.82 | 8.00 | 7.17 | 2.91 | 5.66 | 6 02 | 27 | 65 | 4.1 | 7.3 |
Certificates of Disrepair
There has been a further reduction during the year in the number of applications for
certificates of disrepair under the Rent Act, 1957. It is perhaps appropriate to examine this
matter and to seek for the reasons for the reduction.
The original spate of applications was brought about by the proposed rent increase permitted
by the Act.
It can be assumed that the applications were prompted because tenants were determined
either
(1) where the house was not in a reasonable condition no increase in rent would be paid
until certain repairs were done, or