[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Bootle County Borough.

  • Bootle (Lancashire, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Bootle County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Pasteurised Milk.—Previous annual reports have drawn attention to the fact that under present circumstances the ordinary raw milk supply cannot be regarded as safe, and that cleanly production is no safeguard against infection conveyed in the milk from a tuberculous cow. During the past year in Bootle two licences were renewed for the production of pasteurised milk, and an additional new licence was grapted. The number of milk samples obtained from these three licence holders during 1939 was 13, of which 11 conformed to the require- ments of the Ministry of Health. Nine samples of pasteurised milk were submitted for examination by the phosphatase test, of which num- ber seven wTere found to be efficiently pasteurised. At the end of the year registrations under the Bootle Corporation Act 1930, Sec. 21, totalled: — Premises— For the manufacture for sale and sale ol ice cream ... ... 66 For the sale only of ice cream ... ... ... ... ... 67 Persons— For the manufacture for sale and sale of ice cream ... ... 66 For the sale only of ice cream ... ... ... ... ... 74 MEAT AND OTHER FOODS. Butchers’ Shops.—There is no slaughterhouse in the Borough, and the inspection of meat is confined to butchers’ shops, food factories and cold stores. There are 80 butchers’ shops, to which 692 visits of inspection were made during the year. On 18 occasions unsound and diseased meat was found in shops and food factories; the bulk of the diseased meat had been previously inspected outside the Borough, in which cases the Authorities concerned were notified. In general the standard of cleanliness of butchers’ shops in the Borough is high. Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.—It was necessary on 16 occasions to warn tradesmen respecting contraventions of the Eegula- tions. Frequent visits of inspection are made to shojis and premises, and vehicles containing meat are regularly inspected for general clean- liness.