[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Houghton-le-Spring U.D.C.

  • Houghton-le-Spring (Durham, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Houghton-le-Spring U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Inspection and Supervision of Food. Milk Supply. There are ten cowkeepers in the district and the standard of milk produced is very good. Three produce Tuberculin Tested Milk and one Accredited Milk. Forty-nine retail purveyors are registered, seventeen of these are retailing from shops only. Twenty retail purveyors distributing milk within the area reside outside the district. The dairy oows are of a very good class, are all housed in well ventilated, properly drained cowsheds, and all floors are rendered in concrete and properly drained to gullies outside the sheds. There are no wells at any of the Dairy Farms, each is supplied with water from the Council’s mains. 14 samples of milk were submitted to the Agricultural Depart- ment, Armstrong College, for bacteriological examination. 12 samples of milk were submitted to the Bacteriologist, Sunder- land Infirmary. On the whole, the results of the analyses indicated a high stand- ard of cleanliness. Meat and Other Foods. The number of slaughter houses in the district is now 9. These are occupied by 12 slaughterers and slaughtering takes place at one or other of the premises on each day of the week, including Sundays. Bovines are slaughtered principally on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays, and every effort is made to examine every carcase either at the time of slaughter or as soon as possible after. Special attention is given to pig carcases and in all cases inspections are properly carried out in accordance with the recommendations contained in Memo. G2 (Foods). All pigs slaughtered (after notification) on allotments and small-holdings were examined. Observations have been kept on the handling of frozen and chilled meat by the employees of transport firms.