[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council.

  • Staffordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SPECIALLY DESIGNATED MILK. 1st January to 31st December, 1941. No. of Samples Result of Examination Designation Cleanliness T.B. Submitted Satisfactory Unsatisfactory ” Tuberculin Tested ” 56 49 7 ” Accredited ” . . 121 103 18 1 Pasteurised 74 58 16 2 ” Tuberculin Tested ” Pasteurised . . 8 5 3 — Totals 259 215 44 3 In addition, fifteen samples of sterilized milk were taken for examination, and were all satisfactory. (i) Bacteriological Examination. Undesignated Milk.—Of the 1,059 samples, 1,027 were bacterio- logically examined, and 586 were found to conform to a certain standard of cleanliness, the remaining 441 failing to do so. Four hundred and twenty-two of the latter were produced within the County and 19 outside. The percentage of samples reported clean was 57T, compared with GOT last year. In addition to being unsatisfactory from a cleanliness standpoint, 18 also contained tubercle bacilli. As in previous years, the names of the producers of the unsatis¬ factory milks were reported to the County Farm Institute, and the farmers concerned were communicated with by the Assistant Director of Agricultural Education, and offered every assistance. In accordance with the usual practice, if no improvement in the cleanliness of the milk resulted, the District Council in whose area the premises are situated was informed, so that the necessary steps could be taken under the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926. Specially Designated Milks.—The cleanliness test was applied to the 259 samples submitted, and 44, or 17-0 per cent., were found to be unsatisfactory, viz. :—7 “ Tuberculin Tested,” 18 ” Accre¬ dited,” 16 Pasteurised and 3 ” Tuberculin Tested ” Pasteurised, as compared with 8-6 per cent, in the previous year. In addition to examination by the bacterial count method, the Pasteurised milks are submitted to the phosphatase test, which