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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
Feltham 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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| Number in district | 1 |
| Number of inspections | 62 |
| Slaughterhouses | |
| Number in district | 8 |
| Number of visits (including Sundays) | 250 |
| Frequency of limewashing | Quarterly |
| Contraventions of regulations | Nil |
| Licensed Slaughtermen | |
| Number in district | 21 |
| Infectious Diseases | |
| Total number of rooms disinfected | 302 |
| Rooms disinfected for tuberculosis | 12 |
| ,, ,, ,, cancer | 1 |
| ,, ,, ,, measles | 1 |
| ,, ,, ,, scarlet fever | 112 |
| ,, ,, ,, diphtheria | |
| ,, ,, ,, erysipelas | 0 |
| ,, ,, ,, poliomyelitis | 1 |
| ,, ,, ,, vermin | 166 |
| ,, ,, ,, meningitis | 0 |
| Dairies, Cowsheds and Milk Shops | |
| Number of cowkeepers | 1 |
| Number of cows kept | 2 |
| Number of dairies and milkshops | 10 |
| Number of inspections | 43 |
| Contraventions of regulations | Nil |
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936
Number of persons licensed in the district to sell or bottle:—
| Tuberculin Tested | 4 |
| Accredited | 0 |
| Pasteurised | 5 |
| Supplementary Licenses:— | |
| Tuberculin Tested | 3 |
| Accredited | 0 |
| Pasteurised | 6 |