[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough.

  • Chesterfield (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE FACTORIES ACT, 1937. There are 48 factories to which Section 34 refers and all these factories have now received a detailed inspection for the issue of the appropriate certificate. There are on the register 193 factories where mechanical power is used and 84 factories where mechanical power is not used. INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD. MILK SUPPLY—MILK REGISTER. Number of Registered Milk Producers in the Borough ... 59 Number of Cowsheds in the Borough ... 89 Approximate number of Cows housed in Borough ... 585 Number of Registered Producers residing outside the Borough ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 69 Number of Retailers (not producers) residing in the Borough ... 99 Number of Retailers (not producers) residing outside the Borough ... ... 11 Number of Inspections of Dairies, Cowsheds and Milk- shops 266 Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, and Improvements to Cow- shed and Dairy Premises.—The number of farms in the Borough where milk is produced is 59, and the total number of cow- sheds is 89. During the year works of improvement were carried out as follows Existing buildings were re-constructed to form cowsheds on three farms and one new dairy was provided. Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936.—There are 13 producers of accredited milk resident in the Borough who are licensed by the County Council as the Licensing Authority. Supplementary licences are issued to outside producers in respect of Tuberculin Tested, Pasteurised and Accredited milks. Meat and Other Foods.—As from the 17th January, 1940, the Ministry of Food took over the Corporation Abattoir as a central slaughtering establishment for Chesterfield and the surrounding area. These were then the only premises where slaughtering was carried out, the three private slaughterhouses being closed temporarily. The total number of animals slaughtered was 72,705, and the number inspected 71,349, or 98.1 per cent.