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Fulham 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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DISINFECTION.
All infected articles were disinfected at the Council's
Disinfecting Station, Townmead Road. The total cost of the
station for the year was £1,054, including £217 for interest and
£110 for repayment of principal.
During the three last years the work was done by a
contractor the cost averaged £1,257, and at that time
disinfection was not carried out after Measles or Tuberculosis
as is now the case.
FOOD SUPPLY.
Milk.
There are now 258 milkshops on the register, which have
been systematically inspected by Inspector Jones.
Ice Creams.
121 premises in which ice creams are made or sold have been
registered and were frequently inspected.
The facilities afforded by the Council for the bacteriological examinations of suspected material, as an aid to diagnosis continue to be much appreciated by medical practitioners, and the following specimens were examined during the year.
| Number of Specimens. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Material from cases of suspected Diphtheria. Klebs Loffer or true Diphtheria bacillus isolated | 38 | ||
| Pseudo Diphtheria bacillus of Hoffman isolated | 13 | ||
| Negative result | 127 | ||
| 178 | |||
| Examinations of blood from cases of suspected Enteric Fever. | |||
| Widal or Typhoid reaction obtained | 22 | ||
| „ „ „ not obtained | 36 | ||
| 58 | |||
| Examinations of sputa from cases of suspected Tuberculosis. | |||
| Tubercle bacillus found | 30 | ||
| „ „ not found | 103 | ||
| 133 | |||
| 369 | |||
Slaughter Houses.
The licences of the undermentioned slaughter houses were
renewed by the County Council in October, no objections being
raised by the Borough Council.
PREMISES. LICENSEE.
611, Fulham Road J. Cragg.
52, Melmoth Place R. Lowther.
640, Kings Road T. Vaughan.
603, Kings Road S. Stone.
105, Hammersmith Road H. Boughton.