[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Haverfordwest Borough.

  • Haverfordwest (Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Haverfordwest Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    -6- FACTQRILS & VvORK&HOPS. There are approximatt, ly 100 premises in th.e Borouph subject to tht Factories &. Workshops Act. 69 inspections of thn premises were carried out during the year. 5 Formal notices vnere served ^ for iinprovement of premise-s. The chief defects found ?/ere ^ general lack of cleanliness, and insufficient sanitary accomodation. The chief Factories & Workshops are as followss- Bakeries, Butchtries, Vehicle Workshops, Joiners' Yards, Llectrical 'Workshops, Laundry, Mineral Weter Factory, Stone-Masons’ Yards,’ Food Factory, Brewery, Slaughter House, and Gas Works. MILK SUPnLI.^S. The following is a summary of Milk Produe rs and Retailers in Boroughs - Designated. Non-Designate- d.Total, Produce r-V/holesalers. 2. 9. 11. nroducer-Rt taile rs. - 1. 1. Retailers. 6. 1. 7. Approximately 95% milk consumned in the Borough is Designated Milks approximately 2% of milk consumned is Pasteurised. 382 samples of milk were taken for examination during the years of these 15 V\/ere unsatisfactory. 31 insi^ections of cowsheds and 54 inspections of di-iries v\;ere carried out during the year. The suj_^ply of Milk, from a Public Hf a.lth point ol view, was satisfactory during 194?» The general hygienic standard of delivery could b- greatly improved. Many human diseases are attributable, directly or indirectly, to milk. The most important of these are Bovine Tubeiculosis (non-pulmonary tuberculosis), Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, Tyj^hoid Fever, and Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis). Bovine tuberculosis causes much suffering and crippling, especially amongst children. During the year 5 cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified The probable cause of these cases was infected milk, affords reasonable security from Bovine Tuberculosis, 100% safe milk pasteurisation is necessary. in the Borough, Designated milk but to ensure a