[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset (England). County Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Quantity of milk consumed Number Children — in one-third pints — Type of School of Reg- istered taking milk 17th October, 1958 Children Number % Past % T.T. % (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Primary 40,905 36,319 88.80 (85.51) 36,283 99.9 36 0.1 Secondary Modern 20,917 12,925 61.79 (55,13) 12,817 99. 16 108 0,84 Secondary Grammar 6,895 3,773 54.72 (53.56) 3,773 100,0 Secondary Techni- 404 241 59.65 241 100.0 — — cal ... (65,76) Nursery 79 79 - o o o o • « o o 79 100.0 Totals 69.200 53.337 77.08 53.193 99.73 144 0.27 (74,45) (Number present) Non-maintained 13,634 11,589 85.0 (83.3) 11,589 100.0 - Note: The figures in brackets denote the percentage of children taking milk as at October, 1957 SAMPLING OF MILK SUPPLIES TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER COUNTY COUNCIL ESTABLISHMENTS SCHOOLS. Samples collected during the year numbered 775, viz., Pasteurised 694 and “Tuberculin Tested” 81. Only 15 failures were re¬ corded, the majority being for Keeping Quality. In addition to the above bacteriological examinations, the County Analyst examined 561 and 554 samples for fats and solids-not-fat respec¬ tively. In 13 cases the presumptive legal standard of 3% fats was not reached and 2 samples were below 8.5% solids-not-fat. Only one of these was from milk supplied by a large dairy concern, the remainder being from small “Tuberculin Tested” producers. SCHOOL KITCHENS. As further Self-Contained Canteens are in¬ stalled the need for School Kitchens diminishes and at the end of the year there were 19 operating. Bulk samples are taken at frequent inter¬ vals and of the 138 examined only 2 failures were recorded. SELF-CONTAINED CANTEENS. 436 samples, of which 14 fail¬ ed the appropriate tests, were collected from self-contained canteens dur¬ ing the year.