[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Swadlincote U.D.C.

  • Swadlincote (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Swadlincote U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    14. milk and dairies regulations . No. of producers 29 ,f retailers ( in district 29, outside district 17) 46 inspections of dairies and cowsheds 186 informal notices served. 26. BACTERIOLOGICAL SAMPLING OP MILK. Sanpling of ungraded milks was continued v/ith the object of improv¬ ing the keeping quality of milk retailed in the district and to check whether the Milk and Dairies Regulations were being observed. Results of samples Passed Failed Methylene Blue Test 37 20 Bacillus Coli 30 11 Twenty-two samples were sent to the County Laboratory for biological testing for tuberculosis; all were reported free from tubercle bacilli. PASTEURISATION OF MILK. There are no heat treatment plants in the district, but three supple¬ mentary licences were issued for the sale of pasteurised milk. Forty samples were taken to check the efficiency of the pasteurising process, thirty-six satisfied the phosphatase test and four failed. NATIONAL MILK TESTING AND ADVISORY SCHEME. One hundred and ninety samples of milk were taken under this Scheme for resazurin testing at the Ministry of Agriculture Laboratory at Derby, sampling ceased at the end of August because the Ministry decided to stop giving Sanitary Inspectors the results of the samples. It is difficult to understand the reason for the decision since the reports were always treated as confidential and in any case farmers axe ready to tell me their results. INFECTIOUS DISEASE. Ninety-four visits of advice and inquiry were made to cases of in¬ fectious disease. Eighty-two houses were disinfected and bedding from seven houses removed for steam disinfection. SCABIES. Two hundred and six visits were made to cases of scabies to make inquiries as to the possibility of other cases in the family and to ensure completion of treatment.