[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C.

  • Cockermouth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    H FOOD. MILK SUPPLY. As a result of thje implementation of the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949, the supei-vision of milk production has passed to the Ministry of Agriculture and fisheries. As a matter of con- vcnienee samples are taken by the Sanitary Inspector as requested, the tests being cooifined to tubercle only. Six samples were taken dm’ing the year, all of which were negative (bacteadologicaJ exam- ination is undertaken by the Cumberland PatihoJogical Laboratory, Carlisle). Milk is distributed in this district as follbws;— 8 Producer-a’etailers licensed by the Ministry of Food to retail, including 2 Tuberculin Tested and 6 Ungraded. 6 firms retailing milk purchased in bulk. Of the producers referred to above only two have their premises in the Ul'tban District. One dealer was licensed to retail pasteurised milk in the area. Two dealers who applied for a licence to retail accredited milk withdrew their applications on being told the requirements imder the Regulations. Ice Cream.—there were three producer-retailers and 10 retailers only. On a sample* of milk being reported as tubercular, investi- gation is made by officials of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to whose Divisional Inspector, Mr John Reid, I am in- debted for his yearly return (a ‘nil’ one this time) giving particu- lars of animals slaughtered under the Tuberculosis Order, 1938, from premises in the Cockermouth Urban District, 1950. Total number of Animals Slaughtered .. 0 Cows in Milk ,. 0 Other Cows or Heifers .. 0 Other Bovine .. 0 Types of Disease found at Post-mortem— Tuberculosis of Udder .. 0 Tuberculosis with Emaciation .. 0 Tuberculosis with chronic cough and showing definite clinical signs ... 0 Discharging or excreting tuberculous material ... 0 MEAT AND OTHER FOODS. Slaughter-Houses.—The two Private Slaughter-Houses (both registered), and the Council’s Public Abattoir have not been used as such since the Ministry of Food on January 14th, 1940, sus- pended all slaughtering other than in regional abattoirs—the Maryport abattoir still serves this district under the scheme. The following foodstuffs were condemned during 1950:—2 tins pork, 67l!bs. bacon, 20 lbs. luncheon meat, 2 tins fish, 3 tins soup, 8 tins vegetables, 38 tins milk, 13 tins fruit. All items were sur- rendered voluntarily. Bakehouses: No serious defects were found in the 12 bake- houses in the town, which are periodically inspected. (3 of the bakehouses were of the type considered as domestic).