[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Stamford Borough.
- Stamford (England). Borough Council
- Date:
- 1948
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Stamford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![I'-'IILIC t TT-pv jJ DAIRIES. One additional’ dairy has Icon registered during the yea r, Monthly milh sampling t^: sts from all producers and retailers in the Borough hav.: hLcn ta.kcn, results ucrc quite satisfactory but a little bclov those of last year, Classification of samples on the Resazurin Test:- Eo. of samples. 183 Category A, Marketable, 137 74.9^^ 2lkL9go^''y B Sa]nap£c . 31 16.9^0 Category C. Rcyi ect. 15 B.Zfo 32 samples of heat treated milk he-ve been taken for Metlu/lenc Blue and Phosphatase Test. 5 failed Methylene Blue Tests, no failures in Phosphatase. Bulk saipplcs of 2 herds rr.re taken for the biological test for presence of Tubercle Bacilli - both proved negative. ICR GRE’ Action vas taken under See. 14(3) of the Pood A Drugs Act 1938 regarding one firm’s premises, ’hiich verc subse¬ quently put in order. Methylene Blue Test grading Grade. 1. Bo. of samples 5 Gr ado 2 • r? o Grad e 3. 2 Grade 4. 4 Ov’ing to the difficuJty in control of the selling of ice creams and distribution of other food stuffs, application y:as mp,dc for spccia3- Byclavs - those vill be in force by Juno 1949'. SECTIOE F. PEEYALEECE OF ADD COETROL OYER IfIFECTIQUS ADD OTHER DlSIf.SBS. Hospital xfccpmmodation. Only 9 cases of infectious diseases have icquired isolation hospital treatment during 1948; oung to staff shortages, Bourne Isolation vas not able to admit, all cases Yjcrc therefore treated at the ‘Peterborough City Isolation Hospital. Ho difficulty vas experienced in obtaining admissions. Since the commencement of the' ITaAional Health Service on July 5th, responsibility for pioviding isolation hospital accommoda.tion rests vith the Peterborough Hospital Area (Ho.12) Management Committee under the East Anglie-n Regional Hospital Board. Diphtheria Immunlsation, Since July 5th. Heat even County Couicil have assumed complete responsibility and control of diphtheria immunisa¬ tion, the Barn Hill Immunisation Clinic has continued as heretofore a.nd attendances have been satisfactory. Humber of immunisations completed at the Barn Hill Clinic 8 montb - 5 yrs 5-15 yrs 115. 45 •*- 12 Re-inocu¬ lations • 5](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30134018_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
