[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Hale U.D.C.

  • Hale (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Hale U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    l.i IIIK SUPPLY — The eight cowsheds and nineteen dairies in the district have maintained a. good standard of cleanliness during the year,, Three of our eight cowkeepers are now producing ''Accredited11 milky and additions to this number are shortly expected, as several producer retailers have indicated that they propose to take out Accredited licences as an alternative 'to compulsory heat treatment of their milk. There were 60 milk purveyors on the register at the end of 1943, One purveyor was caught putting milk in bottles in the street - he was called before the Council Who; on being given assurances that the offence would not occur again, decided to accept such assurances and not to institute legal proceedings in this instance. tllLK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1936 - With a view to increasing the consumption of designated milk the Council again decided to issue all licences under the Order free of charge during 1944. 6 licences issued under the Order during the year; D esignation _ Dealers Supplementary Totals Tuberculin Tested ... ... 2 1 3 Accredited ... 1 - 1 Pasteurised ... — 2 2 Totals ,_v.. .. .., 3_ _3_ 6 It is believed that several local dairymen are about to become bottlers of Tuberculin Tested or Accredited milks, as an alternative to supplying Heat Treated i.Iilk, which was envisaged in the Government White Paper. In such cases licences will not be issued without substantial improvement of premises and plant. The Council's requirements have already been outlined to two dairymen who are about to put reconstruction work in hand. BACTERIOLOGICAL EkALINATION OP IIILH - During the year 53 samples of milk were taken for examination. The detailed results of 156 tests carried out were as follows:- II ethylene Blue Test B. Cal-i Count Plate Test Phospha- tase Test Tuber- culosis Sat- is- fact ory. Un- Sat- is- fact Sat- is- fact „ory. Un- Sat. is- fact- _ory._ Sat- is- fact- Un- Sat- is- fact- ory. 3at- is- fact- Un- Sat- is- fact- ory... Nega- tive. Posi- tive. Total Exam- inat- ions. Tuberculin Tested Ilil k 1 8 2 7 mm 5 23 Accredited Ifilk 4 4 7 i — - - - 6 1 23 Pasteurised I.Iilk — — *4 *3 4 3 6 i 5 - 26 Non-Desig~ nated I.Iilk * 16 *13 fl9 *10 - - - - 25 1 84 Totals 21 25 32 21 4 3 6 i 41 2 156