[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Solihull County Borough.

  • Solihull (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Solihull County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tuberculous Milk.—24 samples were submitted to the guinea pig inoculation test in order to ascertain the presence or absence of the tubercle bacillus. Each sample represented a herd or group of cows. The following table shows the number of samples taken in each of eight recent years and the percentage found positive :— Number Number of Samples positive to Tubercle Percetitage Examined. Bacillus. Positive. 1942 21 3 14.2 1943 73 — — 1944 144 4 2.8 1945 58 6 10.3 1946 67 3 4.5 1947 28 1 3.6 1948 82 3 3.7 1949 24 — — DAIRY FARMS. On the 1 t October, 1949, the duty of registration and inspection of cowsheds was transferred from local authorities to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, by the bringing into operation of the provisions of the Milk and Dairies Act, 1944. So came to an end the carrying out of a progressive policy of dairy farm improvement which has steadily gathered momentum in the post war years. The Public Heilth Committee and other members of the Council will probably share a feeling of regret that at a time when the effects of the war with its shortages of miterials and labour were being overcome the power of supervision of dairy farms should be transferred to another authority, with an apparent reduction in the amount of supervisory work carried out. The following work was carried out in the nine months to October 1st under the Department’s direction. Cowsheds. New Cowshed constructed .. 1 New milking parlour constructed 1 Floors reconstructed 7 Floors I'epaired 5 Internal walls cement rendered 4 Natural lighting and ventilation improved 3 Dairies. New dairies provided 3