[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Padiham U.D.C.

  • Padiham (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Padiham U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ’yVATER SUPPLY CONTimJED:^ Aerobic micro-organisms growing in No. of colonies per.c.c, of yeastral agar-in 2 days at 37^♦ water - 1. Probable number of Coliform Bacilli per loO c.c, of water - Nil. Hardness: Temporary 8 Permanent 21 Oxygen absorbed in 4 hours 0#1 Alkalinity as CaCOj 8 Total Solids 85 SANITARY INSPECTIONS DURING THE YEAR. Houses - P.H.A... Houses - H.A..... Complaints*.*.* • •.. Common Xrodging House........ Pactori ..... .. Wcr kshops • ....... Infectious Disease Cases..i... Rodent Control, • ... ....* • •. Shops Act.. .... f.. * Revisits to property under notice*... Bakehouses........ Fried fish sh»ps.... Butchers ships....*.*. Market..... Ice-cream pnemises*...... Dairies, Ciwsheds and Milkshops....... Tinned fiods and other articles of food. Samples - Food & Dmags.... Houses after disinfection......... Houses after disinfestation. Miscellaneous. Interviews m th owners etc. TOTAL. DERATISATION AND DISINTFESTATION. 1 /|j| properties were inspected for alleged rodent infestation and 70 of these v;ere treated by the rodent operator. Sausage rusk to which is added Zinc Pnosphide is used for bait purposes, and tooasionally damp bfead mash bait and Arsenous Oxide poison. llO premises were dealt with for vermin, one for bugs, three for cockroaches and six for fleas. INSPBCTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD. All the activities associated with the inspection and supervision of Food have been closely watched by the Sanitary Inspector during the year. Tnere were no oases of genuine food poisoning during the year. CHHvHCAL EKAMINATIONS:- Colour None Appeareuioe Clear & Bright Taste c'j None Odour None Free Carbon Dioxide 0.05 Nitrogen: Free & Saline O.oA Albuminoid O.Op Nitrous OiQOl Nitric 0.8