[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly R.D.C.

  • Llanelli (Wales). Rural District Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    just housing the herd; unhealthy and cruel for the reason that under present arrangements animals are obliged to he on hard concrete floors without adequate bedding. It is apparent to al agriculturalists that their animals will ultimately develop bursitisl arthritis and chronic rheumatism under such conditions. Housing of cattle must, in my opinion, be divorced from the actual milking process, and to my mind this is the firsj step towards the production of clean milk. The cow could transport her own milk to a milking stall contiguous to the dairy, the two compartments connected by a sliding door conveniently situated for adjusting the milking machine delivery pipe which would discharge into a properly sterilized covered receptacle inside the dairy. Regular inspections were made of all Meat Shops and-Butchers’ Vans, etc. The total number of Inspections made during the year were as follows :— Meat Shops 1435 Meat Vans 402 Fish and Rabbit Vans, etc 42 Miscellaneous Unsound Food Inspections 119 SUMMARY OF FOODSTUFFS CONDEMNED YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1945. Items. Total. Mutton and Lamb 29 lbs. Beef 276 lbs. Livers 36 lbs. Sausages ..... 31 lb.s Tinned Beef 80 lbs. ,, Pork 59 tins. ,, Tongue 25 lbs. ,, Luncheon Meat 15| lbs. ,, Sausage Meat 8|- lbs. Corned Beef 2J lbs. Tinned Fish 112 tins Vegetables 97 tins. ,, Soup 155 tins „ Milk 97 tins. Fruit 2 tins. Fish Roll 2\ lbs. Various Fresh Fruits 89 lbs. ,, Dried Fruits 306 lbs.