[Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Cardiff County Borough & Port.

  • Cardiff (Wales). County Borough Council.
Date:
1915
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Cardiff County Borough & Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    43/66 (page 43)
    When the notification of a case is received, the infant is visited immediately by a Health Visitor, and if a doctor is not already in attendance she urges the parents to obtain medical advice without delay—the case is then visited from time to time to see that the medical instructions are carried out. An arrangement has been made with the Queen Victoria Jubilee Nurses’ Institute for their nurses to assist in the carrying out of the treatment prescribed by the Medical Practitioners. MILK SUPPLY.—Closely associated with the question of infant mortality is that of the control of the milk supply to the public. Besides the powers conferred by the Public Health Act, 1875. the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, and the Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act, 1890, the Cardiff Sanitary Authority possesses special powers under the Cardiff Corporation Act, 1909. The Milk and Cream Regulations came into operation on the 1st October, 1912, and as regards Article V. (1) on January 1st, 1913. This Article relates to the description by the seller of preserved cream, upon advertisements, price lists, etc., showing that the article sold is cream to Avhich preservatives have been added. The following tables relate to the proceedings taken under the Regulations : TABLE XLI. 1. Milk ; and Cream not Sold as Preserved Cream. Number of samples examined for the presence of a preservative. Number in which a preservative was reported to be present. Milk Cream 562* 50 14 * Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, and included in Table XLII.