[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Denton U.D.C.

  • Denton (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Denton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MILK AND DAIRIES (CONSOLIDATION) ACT, 1915. Samples of milk submitted to the Public Plealth Labora- tory, Manchester: — (i) Tuberculous Milk.—For biological test: None. (n) ■Bacterioiogicol Examinations. —One sample, satis- factory. Standard adopted—Not more than 200,000 bacteria per c.c. No B. Coli in .01 c.c. (Hi) Sediment Tests.— 37 samples, 21 satisfactory, 16 un- satisfactory. (iv) Methylene Blue Reduction Test.—24 samples, 21 satisfactory, 3 unsatisfactory. MEAT. Slaughterhouses, meat shops, stalls and vehicles and places where food is prepared are inspected daily by the Sanitary Inspector. There are six private slaughterhouses in the district, four registered and two licensed. INSPECTION OF MEAT. Cattle exolud- ing Cows. Cows. Calves. Sheep and Lambs. Pigs. Number killed 434 104 28 2866 410 Number Inspected All diseases except Tuberculosis— 434 104 28 2866 410 Whole carcases condemned ... ... Carcases of whicb some part or organ was condemned 28 4 1 4 Percentage of the number inspected affected with disease other than Tuberculosis 6-4 3-8 0-03 1‘0 Tuberculosis only — Whole carcases condemned 1 ... . 1 Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned 20 35 35 Percentage of the number inspected affected with Tuberculosis t 4-9 33-6 ... 9 No legal action was necessary.