[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield UDC 1910].

  • Enfield (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1911
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    Let us hope that the parents of the exempted infants will not have reason to regret their temerity in the future. POLLUTION OF STREAMS. Turkey Street Brook and other streams in the District are kept under observation by the sanitary staff, but the on]y source of pollution found necessary to deal with has been the carelessness of some of the inhabitants in emptying slop-water down surface drains which communicate with the brooks, instead of into those connected with the proper sewers. In such cases a warning has usually been found sufficient to put a stop to the practice. METEOROLOGY. For several years past we have been indebted to the courtesy of Mr. John McEwan, F.R. Met. Soc., for all the information we required on this subject, but it was felt that the time had now arrived to inaugurate a meteorological station of our own. The^ Council agreed to purchase the following instruments :— 1. Standard Fortin Barometer. 1. Maximum Thermometer 1. Minimum Thermometer 1. Standard Hygrometer 1. Campbell-Stokes Sunshine Recorder. 1. Rain Guage. 1. Solar-Radiation Thermometer. 1. Terrestrial Radiation Thermometer. 1. Earth Thermometer. These have been installed at the Public Offices, and com¬ mencing with the first of the New Year, daily records will be taken. in Stevenson’s Screen. SEWERAGE. As was reported last year, the fifth filter at the Sewage Farm, has been brought into operation, and has given a satisfactory effluent during the year, so that now these five filters are steadily- dealing with the sewage.