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(c) The more thorough cleaning and grooming of cows
prior to milking.
(d) The cooling and straining of milk.
Slaughter Houses.
The Local Government Board Model Regulations have
been adopted. There are now two Slaughter Houses in the
District.
Methods of Disinfection.
(i.) House disinfection.—Walls are sprayed with five
per cent. solution of Lysoform by the Invicta Sprayer.
The rooms are then sealed up and fumigated with Formalin
in the Alformant Lamp (25 tablets per 1,000 cubic feet).
After 12 hours the rooms are opened and washed down with
carbolic lotion.
Rooms inhabited by persons suffering from Tuberculosis
are disinfected at the request of the medical man attending
the case at a cost of 2/6 per room (no charge is made in the
case of poor people unable io pay this fee). Disinfection is
carried out after Measles, Whooping Cough, Chicken Pox,
and any other cases where it is necessary.
(2) Clothing, Bedding, etc., can now be disinfected in
the new steam disinfector at the Isolation Hospital,
Hillingdon. A covered van is sent for the infected articles
and another light van is used to return the articles when
disinfected.
New Buildings.
67 houses, 4 stables, 2 motor houses, 1 kennels, 1 refreshment
pavilion, 1 church extension.