[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Solihull U.D.C.

  • Solihull (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Solihull U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    * Licensed to sell Designated Milk by this Council. Supplementary or Dealer's Licences. Supplement ary. Dealer’s. Tuberculin Tested ... ... .•• 3 2 Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) ... 3 1 Accredited ... ... ... ... — — Pasteurised ... ... ... ... a 2 Licensed by this Coimcil to operate Pasteurising Plant ... 1 MILK SAMPLES. The following Table gives the results of milk samples submitted to the tuberculosis biological test, bacteriological tests and to the phosphatase tests. • rH c; rf} • rH • a ^ K • ^ 1 s cn H d /— r-J No. of Samples ... 2 '05 85 u O f-w o U o U o d M-H (D • d S-H Hh c/) • fH d » rH +-> d d in d 03 in CD d Methylene Blue Test 102 103 51 18 Bacterial Count 16 Coliform Test* ... 163 42 72 6 Phosphatase Test — — 68 T.B. Inoculation 64 O o i 1 Totals. II o' 70 jj 1 U o O +-» o O o3 CD o3 03 CD in rH D 344 183 42 1 464 73 313 — 64 i 3 a; 0) 4-> CC Oj 234 >> o o oj oj u, O o nj 03 CO O 26 51 1 9-7 •.J (O +-> o3 CD oj 0) 46 c o oj H-h CO' 45 o3 m 35 34 45 o O Ct ct CO C L) 11 3 In addition to the samples submitted to the ^inoculation test, 5 samples failed because the inoculated guinea-pigs died before the tests were complete. The standards used to determine whether samples were satis¬ factory were those set down in Milk (Special Designations) Orders which lay down . standards for Tuberculin Tested, Accredited and Pasteurised Milk. More time has been spent and more milk samples have been 1;aken during 1946 than during any previous year, and on the whole the bacteriological quality of the milk can be said to have improved. Whilst it is true that milk which has been pasteurised or subjected to some other form of heat treatment is consumed by the majority of the local ])opulation, it is the fresh milk, samples of which are
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