[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Worksop Borough.

  • Worksop (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Worksop Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD,, Milk Supply. Number of cowsheds in the district * „ • *38 Average number of milk cows kept 0„„ 234 Def ects Inspections* Found® Remedied® Number of registered Producers, 26 65 14 .12 Number of registered Retail Purveyors, J4 103 5 5 • All these premises were inspected at various times throughout the year by the Sanitary Inspector, and generally the conditions in and about the sheds show little cause for complaint* At one farm a new Dairy and wash-house for utensils was constructed and the cowsheds brought up to standard® Samples of milk examined* By Methylene Blue test, 21 For Tubercle bacilli, 15 For Tubercle bacilli 3 (Pasteurised Milk), For Bacterial Content 3 (Pasteurised Milk), satIsf aetory, unsatisfac tory, negatIve, positive, ne ^t ive, positive, satisfaetory, unsatisf aetory, 16 5 11 4 3 0 3 0 The following report has been kindly supplied by the Council's Vet-rinary Ins pector:- ,!I am pleased to submit my report on the inspections of the Registered Dairy Herds (non»accredited) in the Borough during the past year ending March 31 st> 1939* The majority of the cows have been kept in good milking condition and satisfactorily clean, though attention has been called on occasions to the necessity of cleanliness. There have been some cases of Mastitis and a few cows with retained placenta, when in consequence, isolation has been carried out until recovery. The Biological examinations of the milks gave four positive samples. Two of the herds involved had, immediately before my visit, been inspected by one of the County’s Ministry Inspectors, who rightly suspected two cows to be affected with Tuberculosis of theudder; both were found positive on microscopical examination.