[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Newcastle-under-Lyme (Union) R.D.C.

  • Newcastle-under-Lyme (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Newcastle-under-Lyme (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD. Milk Supply. During the year 183 inspections of cowsheds and dairies were made in the district. Twenty-nine informal notices were served, and twenty-four of these were complied with. No formal notices were served. Samples for the detection of tubercle bacilli and for the estimation of cleanliness are taken by a County Council Inspector, and through the courtesy of the County Medical Officer of Health I am enabled to give the following particulars of the results of examination : Table 14. No. of Samples Cleanliness T.B. found Satis¬ factory Unsatis¬ factory Undesignated 69* 46 23 4t (33%) (5-8%) Designated “Accredited” 3 3 — -—- Pasteurised ... 3 3 — — The Pasteurised samples also passed the phosphatase test. *Two not examined biologically. fOne also unsatisfactory from a cleanliness standpoint. The proportion of undesignated samples found to be unsatis¬ factory is most disappointing, particularly as a steady improvement in the standard of cleanliness had been noted in former years. Possibly the smaller number of inspections made, owing largely to the great increase in the work carried out by the Sanitary Inspector's Department, may partly account for the deterioration. It is to be hoped that when the extra work in connection with the Council's housing schemes has been completed more time will become avail¬ able for the inspection of milk and dairy premises.