[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham County Borough 1908].

  • West Ham (London, England). County Borough.
Date:
[1909]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham County Borough 1908]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EXAMINATION EESULTS. (1) Number examined. (2) Tuberculous udders. (3) Acute or sub-acute mastitis. G) Indurated glands. (5) Dry or dead quarters. (6) vSore teats. 323 0 8 6 23 2 The total number examined was almost identical with last quarter, although there were several shed variations. The general condition was good. Some of the cases of recent mastitis were clearly due to temperature changes, but two of them require further early observation. There are a few aged cows, lean and rough, but healthy^ The milk in such cases is poor in quality and usually scanty. These instances occur only in the one or two sheds where the practice is to breed from the old cows and bring in the female calves as they mature. With these exceptions, the whole of the cows in the various sheds are changed every year, and as they become diy are fatted for the butcher. This fixes a fortunate limit to any progressive disease, such as local or general tuberculosis. There was very little coughing either in the close or open sheds. R. GLOVER, F.R.C.V.S. Chas. Sanders, Esq., M.B., Medical Officer of Health, West Ham, E. Food Inspection.—Each of the twelve Inspectors of Nuisances is required to inspect the food shops and slaughter houses in his district. In addition to these the Food Inspector, who devotes the greater part of his time to the administration of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, is charged equally with the other Inspectors with the duty of safeguarding the sale of food in market streets and other premises where dietary articles are exposed for sale.