[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Cannock U.D.C.

  • Cannock (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Cannock U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE 14 CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND Number of cases were in which defects found e - c D i V *2 3 U Particulars -o -o V Referred o 3 'o 2 to m Q. C 3 O Lu 1) E V CC To H.M Inspeclo By H.M. Inspector Numbe which ] were i Want of Cleanliness . . . . 2 2 — 1 Overcrowding — — — — — Unreasonable temperature . . Inadequate ventilation Ineffective drainage of floors Sanitary Convenience:— (a) Insufficient (b) Not separate for sexes (c) Unsuitable or defective 5 5 Other offences against the Act (not including offences rela- ting to Outwork) — Total 7 7 — 1 — INVESTIGATION OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION Work in connection with the recording of atrr.orpheiic pollution has continued throughout the year. Two Deposit Gauges, six Lead Peroxide instruments and one combined Smoke Frlter and Volumetrc Sulphur Dioxide apparatus have again been in use. Every effort was made to secure the abatement or reduction of smoke, and similar emisstons. Many observations of chimneys and spoil banks were made. TABLE 15 DEPOSIT GAUGES—RECORD OF DEPOSITS Month Deposit in tons per Square Mile Der month Bridgtown Litfleworth January 14.09 17.71 February 17.29 18.28 March 13.28 10.55 April 11.06 14.53 Mav 16.94 22.14 June 10.74 15.64 July 12.50 20.73 August 10.11 1 1.64 September 16.09 11.81 October 9.56 10.52 November 11.96 13.88 December 16.24 15.63 Totals 160.86 183.06 Monthly average, 1958 Monthly average, 1957 13.41 14.11 15.26 15.67