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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

Twickenham 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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Table: Table 18.Disinfections, etc.

Table 18.

Disinfections, etc.

Number
Premises disinfected after infectious diseases23
Premises disinfected after other diseases—
Articles disinfected after infectious disease115
Persons (children and adults) treated for scabies at cleansing station—

Table: T able 19.Housing Act, 1936. Overcrowding.The known cases of overcrowding on the register of the department at the end of the year were as follows:—

T able 19.

Housing Act, 1936. Overcrowding.

The known cases of overcrowding on the register of the department at the end of the year were as follows:—

Number
(a)(1) Dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year191
(2) Families dwelling therein252
(3) Persons dwelling therein867
(b)New cases of overcrowding reported during the year35
(c)(1) Cases of overcrowding relieved during the year22
(2) Persons concerned in such cases92

Table: Table 20.Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949.Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949.

Table 20.

Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949.

Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.

Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949.

The necessary registration of persons and premises, and the issue of appropriate licences, has been effected in accordance with the following table :—
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949.
Persons registered as distributors28
Premises registered as dairies (not being dairy farms)16
Special DesignationDealers' LicencesSupplementary Licences
Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Mil k) Regulations, 1949.
Tuberculin tested2010
AccreditedNilNil
Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteuri sed and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949.
Pasteurised2210
Sterilised349