[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Crosby Borough.

  • Crosby (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Crosby Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The visits of inspection made during the year numbered 263. None of the 24 samples of milk taken in the Borough and submitted for exam- ination were found to contain tubercle bacilli. CLEANLINESS OF MILK SUPPLY. The standard of cleanliness adopted by the Corporation is that pre- scribed by the Ministry. 150 samples of milk were submitted for bac- teriological examination during the year, and of these 138, or 92 per cent, reached the required standard of cleanliness. All the pasteurised milks passed the phosphatase test. Particulars of samples failing to reach the required standard were forwarded to the Chief Milk Production Officer to the Lancashire Agri- culture Executive Committee, and where the sample had been obtained from local dairymen, the dairies were specially visited also. The table below gives in detail the results of all samples taken during the year :— Total Number of Samples Grade of Milk Sampled T.T. Pasteurised T.T. pasteurised | Sterilised 1 Accredited 150 26 84 33 7 1 — Results Number of samples submitted to test Number satisfactory Number unsatisfactory Methylene Blue Test 143 131 12 Phosphatase Test 119 119 — Turbidity Test 7 7 — Inoculation Test 24 24 MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) REGULATIONS, 1949 & 1952. The Corporation granted ‘ dealers ’ licences to 42 purveyors of tuber- culin tested milk, 46 purveyors of pasteurised milk and 54 purveyors of sterilised milk.