[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council.

  • Staffordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SPECIALLY DESIGNATED MILK. 1st January to 31st December, 1942. No. of Samples Submitted Result of Examination Designation Clea- vSatisfactory aliness Unsatisfactory T.B. “ Tuberculin Tested ” 31 27 4 “ Accredited ” .. 53 43 10 1 Pasteurised 73 47 26 “ Tuberculin Tested ” Pasteurised . . 4 2 2 _ Totals 161 119 42 1 Jn addition, twelve samples of sterilized milk were taken for examination, and were all satisfactory. (i) Bacteriological Examination. Undesignated Milk.'—of the 675 samples bacteriologically examined, 381 were found to conform to a certain standard of cleanliness, the remaining 294 failing to do so. Two hundred and fifty-nine of the latter were produced within the County and 35 outside. The percentage of samples reported clean was 56.4, compared with 57.1 last year. In addition to being unsatisfactory from a cleanliness standpoint, 11 also contained tubercle bacilli. As in previous years, the names of the producers of the unsatis¬ factory milks were reported to the County Farm Institute, and the farmers concerned were communicated with by the Assistant Director of Agricultural Education, and offered every assistance. In accordance with the usual practice, if no improvement in the cleanliness of the milk resulted, the District Council in whose area the premises are situated was informed, so that the necessary steps could be taken under the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926. Specially Designated Milks.-—The cleanliness test was applied to the 161 samples submitted, and 42, or 26.1 per cent., were found to be unsatisfactory, viz. —4 “Tuberculin Tested,’’ 10 “Accre¬ dited,” 26 Pasteurised and 2 “ Tuberculin Tested ” Pasteurised, as compared with 17.0 per cent, in the previous year. In addition to examination by the bacterial count method, the Pasteurised milks are submitted to the phosphatase test, which 60