[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester R.D.C.

  • Chichester (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936-1942 The following licences were granted during the year :— (a) By Chichester Rural District Council. Tuberculin Tested Milk. (1) Dealers’ Licences 5 (2) Supplementary Licences 3 Pasteurised Milk. (1) Dealers’ Licences 5 (2) Supplementary Licences 4 (b) By West Sussex County Council. Producers’ Licences. (1) Tuberculin Tested 68 (8) (2) Accredited 106 (3) (c) By ISljNiSTRY OF Health. Producers’ Licences. (1) Tuberculin Tested 1 The figures in parentheses denote the number of producers who also hold licences to bottle milk. At the 31st December, 1947, 158 dairy- men were licensed for the production of Designated milk, equal to 69% of the total premises registered and actually engaged in work of milk production at that date. During the year 1,464 samples of Designated milk were examined at the County Laboratory by the Methylene Blue Test, all of which were collected by Samphng Officers of the County Health Department. The following table shows details of the 1,464 samples examined. Designation No. of Samples Satisfactory % Un- satisfactory % Tuberculin Tested 594 (357) 536 (333) 90 (93) 58 (24) 10 (7) Accredited 842 (664) 755 (614) 89 (92) 87 (50) 11 (8) I’asteurised 28 (30) 24 (28) 85 (96) 4 (2) 15 (4) Totals 1464 (1051) 1315 (975) 149 (76) The figures in parentheses are those for the year 1946 In addition, 10 of the 842 samples of Accredited milk were also submitted to the Coliform Test, 9 being found to be satisfactory. Thirty- four samples of the Tuberculin Tested milks were similarly examined, 33 of which were reported to be satisfactory. I'urther 34 specimens of Designated milks, principally from suppliers to institutions and county schools, were submitted for biological exami- nation for the presence of tubercle bacilli, all giving negative results. Legal Proceedings It was not necessary to take any legal action under the Orders and Regulations during the year.