[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council.

  • Staffordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Eighty-seven applications for new licences were received and dealt with during 1943, 11 of which were not acceded to. When it is found that the main conditions attached to a licence, which include, of course, a good sample record, are not being observed, every effort is made to obtain a satisfactory solution, and failing this the case is dealt with by the appropriate Committee. During 1943, the licences of 31 producers were suspended for one month, 18 for two months, and 2 for three months. Thirteen were revoked and 12 cautions were issued. “ Tuhercidin Testedd—At the end of the year the number of licences in force for the production of “ Tuberculin Tested ” milk was 53, as against 44 at the close of 1942. Eleven new applica¬ tions were received and recommended durmg 1943. The routine samples are examined biologically as well as for cleanliness. Of 140 obtained during the year, 19 failed to comply with the required bacteriological standard and one was found to contain tubercle bacilli. One unsatisfactory case was considered by the Committee, the licence being revoked. General. Apart from the foregoing, sampling was undertaken at certain hospitals, sanatoria and institutions, and of 40 samples obtained during the year 15 were unsatisfactory from a cleanliness stand¬ point. Two were found to contain tubercle bacilli. WATER SUPPLIES AND RIVERS POLLUTION PREVENTION. As mentioned in previous Reports the war has automatically curtailed the normal activities of Local Authorities in connection with schemes for water supplies, sewerage and sewage disposal. It is only possible, therefore, to comment on developments of special interest of schemes which were already in existence, and these are now becoming scanty. I have no remarks to make on water supplies and the following is the only information available :— Rivers Pollution Prevention. RIVER TRENT WATERSHED. Stone R.D.—The new sewer to convey the sewage from Groundslow Sanatorium, Tittensor, to the Strongford Works of the Stoke-on-Trent Corporation was completed in March, 1943. The small, previously overtaxed, sewage disposal works at the Sanatorium have therefore been dispensed with.