Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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The results were as follows with comparable figures for the three preceding years :
May Treatment | November Treatment | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | |
Manholes baited | 195 | 166 | 186 | 188 | 205 | 172 | 193 | 191 |
Manholes in which takes of prebait were recorded | 66 | 65 | 56 | 67 | 73 | 53 | 57 | 75 |
Percentage of manholes showing infestations | 33.8 | 39.1 | 30.1 | 35.6 | 35.6 | 30.8 | 29.5 | 39.3 |
Percentage in relation to total manholes in district | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 6.6 |
Swimming Baths
The only swimming bath in the district is in the ownership of the
Council who acquired it in 1953. Since that time considerable modifications
have been effected for improving the hygienic standard both of the
premises and the bath water. User is carefully controlled and kept within
the capacity of the purification plant. Eight samples of the bath water
taken during the year all proved to be satisfactory.
Offices
Twenty-eight inspections were made, but no action was necessary.
Factories, Workplaces and Outworkers
The following table gives a summary of the registers:
Employees | Premises | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Males | Females | Total | ||
Factories— | ||||
With mechanical power | 777 | 543 | 1,320 | 92 |
without „ „ | 30 | 17 | 47 | 17 |
Workplaces— | ||||
with mechanical power | 30 | – | 30 | 29 |
without „ „ | 21 | 22 | 43 | 23 |
858 | 582 | 1,440 | 161 |
The following tables, set out in the manner prescribed by the Home
Office Form 572 (Revised), indicates the inspections made and action taken
under the Factories Act.
1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections
made by the Public Health Inspectors).
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