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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Acton 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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(d.) Disinfection of rooms, houses, and of clothing, bedding, &c.,
which have been used by consumptive patients.
(e.) Registration of all cow-sheds, milk-shops, dairies, &c., with
regulations as to site, space, lighting, ventilation and
cleanliness.
(f.) Systematic inspection of all cow-sheds, dairies and milk
shops, by competent inspectors.
(g.) Exclusion and isolation of all animals affected with Tuberculosis,
by the "Tuberculin Test. (The "Tuberculin
Test" can be easily applied by Veterinary Surgeons. It
is made by the injection of a small quantity of "Tuberculin"
into an animal, and a rise of temperature from
three to nine degrees would prove the animal was affected
with Tuberculosis.)
(h.) Construction of public slaughter houses, in which all
animals shall be inspected before and after slaughter.
HOSPITAL ISOLATION.
The following patients were admitted into the Willesden Isolation Hospital during the year:—
| Name. | Admitted. | Discharged. | Died. | Disease. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. F. C. | Jan. 29, 1898 | Jan. 30. | Diphtheria. | |
| J. N. | Mar. 8, „ | Mar. 9. | Diphtheria. | |
| C. S. B. | April 6, ,, | June 10. | Scarlet Fever | |
| E. M. S. | June 15, „ | Sept. 1. | „ | |
| M. C. | „ 21, ,, | Aug. 18. | „ | |
| G. W. | July 16, „ | Sept. 8. | ||
| c. s. | Sept. 6, „ | Dec. 22. | ||
| F. E. S. | „ 6, „ | Nov. 24. | ||
| W. F. | „ 18, „ | ,, 24. (sent to Stanmore.) | ||
| J.W. | Oct. 14, „ | „ 24. | ||
| E. W. | „ 14 „ | „ 24. | ||
| D. F. | „ 28 „ | Dec. 29. |