[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Billericay R.D.C.

  • Billericay (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Billericay R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    11 Four summonses were taken out during tJie year, three con- victions with penalties obtained. Slaughter Houses. There are 19 Registered or Licensed Slaughter Houses in the District. PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS WHICH CAN BE CONTROLLED BY BYE-LAWS OR REGULATIONS. Tents, Vans and Sheds used for human habitation. Forty Inspections of such have been made during the year. Eighteen notices were served requiring the provision of Sanitary conveniences and water supplies or receptacles. Twelve notices were complied with, two structures were closed, the other vans being moved away by the Owners. At present there are no Bye-laws in force in the district with respect to houses let in lodgings. Milk Supply. There are now 152 farmers in this District who produce milk for sale, either for the Wholesale or Retail trade. Three new Wholesale Producers have been registered and three new Wholesale and Retail Producers during the year. Eight new retailers have also been registered during the year. The cowsheds and dairies have all been inspected several times. I note a further improvement in the cleanliness of the methods of milk production. I want to see a more general use of clean overalls including a washable cap, and a more general grooming of the cows. In nearly every case the udders are now groomed either by the wet or dry process before each milking, but the cow’s flank against which the milker’s head rubs is not generally groomed, and the cow’s tail is often forgotten in the grooming. I want to see an efficient process of steam sterilisa- tion for all churns, pails, bottles and milk stools in use in every dairy farm. Many retailers bottle some, or all of their milk on their own premises, largely because they are finding that the public demand bottled milk believing it to be less contaminated than milk drawn out of the churn at their own door into their own jugs, but I have seen retailers, or their agents, collect empty bottles from one house, fill them from the churn on the road, take a loose disc out of a grubby pocket and with grubby fingers fit it on to the bottle. This may delude the purchaser, but it does not make for cleanliness in milk. HOUSING. Number of new houses erected during the year : (a) Total (including numbers given separately under (b) 748 (b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts ... 371 (i.) by the Local Authority ••• riH