[Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans R.D.C.
- St. Albans (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1971
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Colney Heath e Harpenden fiural C London Colney 2 Redbourn 5 St. Michael 2 St o Stephen 20 Sandridge 30 Wheathampstead 40 111 Th-reo houses within the district are supplied by a private well situated in the area of a neighbouring Authority. A further three bores are in use to supply Institutions, the two largest of these supplies being properly chlorinated• In eill, a total of 79 samples of well water were sent to the Public Health Laboratory at Luton for examination. The results of these examinations showed all well water in the district to be of uniformly high quality. SWIMMING POOLS The Council have no swimming pools under their management, but, never- the-less, the department maintains close contact with the managements of a]l pools in the area. Technical advice is freely given in what is a veiy complex matter, and the pools regularly visited during the summer months. In addition to instant pool-side tests, a total of 102 samples of swimming pool water were teiken and submitted for bacteriological examination, COMMON LODGING HOUSES There are no common lodging houses within the district. AIR POLLUTION Pollution measurement The air pollution measurement station at the Council's London Colney Depot has now been operating for over three years, eind the results for the last year have continued to suggest that the sulphur content is higher than is normal in predominantly residential areas. The time is approaching when sufficient results will be available for a full appreciation to be made of the significance of the information which the machine is continuously obtaining for us. Generally On the subject of air pollution generally, the continuing trend towards gas, oil, and electric heating is manifestly having a remarkable effect on the apparent cleanliness of the air, althoiigh the unseen pollutants, such as the various oxides of sulphur, continue to be present as is evidenced by the results obtained from the National Survey of Air Pollution. ANIMAL BOARDING ESTABLISHMENTS ACT 1963 At the end of the year, there were nine premises licensed under the above Act within the district. Conditions at these Boarding Establishments are extremely good.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30124682_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
