[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Pudsey Borough.

  • Pudsey (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Pudsey Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (b) Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1949 to 1954 Licences to dealers in designated milk were issued by the Borough Council as follows:— No. of licences to deal in “Tuberculin Tested” milk ... 29 No. of licences to deal in “Pasteurised” milk . 27 No. of licences to deal in “Sterilised” milk. 80 No. of supplementary licences to deal in “Tuberculin Tested” milk. 13 No. of supplementary licences to deal in “Pasteurised” milk... ... 13 No. of supplementary' licences to deal in /“Sterilised” milk... 13 41 samples of designated milk were taken in the Borough for bacteriological examination as follows : Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Pasteurised. 13 *— Tuberculin Tested. 19 1 Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised ... 17 — (c) Chemical Analysis A total of 12 samples o f milk were obtained in the Borough by the public health inspectors for this purpose. (2) Meat and Other Foods The department administered the operation of the Byelaws made in 1950 as to the Handling, Wrapping and Delivery of Food and the Sale of Food in the Open Air. This work was carried out during the normal routine work of inspecting food premises. During the year 132 visits were made to examine freshly killed meat and food suspected of being unfit for human consump¬ tion and approximately 952 lb. of food was certified as unfit for consumption and surrendered to the department for destruction. Meat Inspection Carcases and oHal inspected and condemned in whole or in part Cattle Sheep excluding Cows Calves and Pigs Horses No. killed . No. inspected . All diseases except tuberculosis and cysticerci Whole carcases condemned. Carcases of which some part or organ was con¬ demned . Percentage of the num¬ ber inspected affected with diseases other than tuberculosis or cysti¬ cerci . Cows 137 137 17 3 3 Lambs 68 68 2 2 12.41 — — — —