[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Bolsover U.D.C.

  • Bolsover (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Bolsover U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    During recent years there has been a steady decline in the number of dairy farmers retailing their milk locally, and a consequent increase in the sale of Pasteurised and Tuberculin Tested milks. Special designated milks now form the bulk of the milk consumed in this district, and it is felt that there is an early possibility of Bolsover and certain surrounding districts becoming a “specified area” in which retail sales will be limited to special designated milks ; this ultimate objective has been assisted by the recent opening of dairy premises in Chesterfield by a large company serving this area. MILK SAMPLING. Samples of milk for biological examination continued to be taken throughout the year and these were submitted to the Public Health Laboratory at Derby. Samples were obtained from all dairy farms producing other than Tuber- culin Tested milk and quarterly examination of each supply was carried out. 63 samples were taken during the year, 2 being positive and 61 negative. One of the positive samples was obtained from the herd of a local producer retailer, but on receipt of the laboratory’s report the Veterinary Officer was able, by clinical examination, to trace one cow suffering from tuberculosis of the udder, and diversion of the milk supply for heat treatment was therefore not necessary. The animal was slaughtered and a further bulk sample from the herd was certified non-tuber- culous. The other positive sample was from a producer whole- saler, whose milk normall3/ undergoes pasteurisation. In this case individual samples had to be taken before the offending animal could be traced. One cow suffering from tuberculosis of the udder was slaughtered and a further bulk sample was certified non-tuberculous. ICE CREAM. There are three premises at which ice cream is manu- factured and 18 premises from which ice cream is sold.