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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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There are no outworkers employed by manufacturers
in this area but there are 45 persons doing outwork for
employers outside the area. 142 visits were made to outworkers'
homes which are now visited periodically.
| No. of premises inspected on complaint | 768 |
| No. of primary inspections | 1,006 |
| No. of inspections made r— Housing Insp. (Housing Regulations) | 55 |
| Housing re-inspections | 239 |
| Other re-inspections | 3,914 |
| Infectious Diseases | 180 |
| Council Houses | 25 |
| Moveable Dwellings | 149 |
| Bakehouses | 55 |
| Slaughterhouses (excl. re-Slaughtering) | 18 |
| Knackers Yards | 6 |
| Dairies and Milkshops | 18 |
| Pet Animal Shops | 3 |
| Shops (Shops Acts) | 1,072 |
| Hawkers of Foodstuffs | 165 |
| Ice Cream Premises | 195 |
| Food Preparing Premises (exc. Catering Establishments) | 200 |
| Catering Establishments | 395 |
| Butchers' Shops | 101 |
| Fish Shops | 59 |
| Other Food Shops | 453 |
| Power Factories | 419 |
| Non-Power Factories | 33 |
| Other Factories | 18 |
| Outworkers Premises | 142 |
| Workplaces | 68 |
| Piggeries | 4 |
| Licensed or Public Premises | 131 |
| Hairdressers and Barbers Establishments | 35 |
| Rodent Control | 2,192 |
| Defence Regulations | 20 |
| Housing Applications | 160 |
| Measurements under Housing Act | 781 |
| Smoke Observation | 15 |