[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough.

  • West Bromwich (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    60/68 (page 56)
    Milk Supply Milk (Special Designations) Act, 1949 So far, this Borough has not been designated as a “ specified area ” within the meaning of the above Act, but it is satisfactory to report that practically the whole of the milk supplied in the town is heat-treated. Milk (Special Designation), (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949 The number of dealers registered under the above Regulations during the year was 15. Milk (Special Designation), (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949 During the year 16 dealers were registered under these Regulations, as were also one Pasteurising and two Sterilising Plants. All samples taken from the Pasteurising and Sterilising plants during the year were satisfactory. Bacteriological Examination of Milk I would like to express my appreciation of the assistance given by the Public Health Laboratory Service, at Stafford, in the collection of samples by their motor van. Owing to breakdowns it was not always possible to submit samples when arrangements had been made for their collection. At the end of the year arrangements were made for all future samples of milk taken for bacteriological examination to be submitted to the Public Health Laboratory Service, Birmingham. This laboratory is more easily accessible than the one at Stafford. From the table of samples below it will be seen that the percentage of samples failing the methylene blue test was 3-6%. This result compared very favourably with that of the previous year when 30% of the samples failed the requisite test. Class of Milk Number of Samples submitted for the Methylene Blue Test Number of Samples Passed Failed Pasteurised Tuberculin Tested 42 41 1 (Pasteurised) 5 5 — Undesignated 8 7 1 Totals 55 53 2