[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council.

  • Cambridgeshire (England). County Council
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in providing reasonable working' facilities. I was particularly interested to notice that on three farms the milkers were by no means young, as one has often heard it stated that it is almost impossible to train old milkers along the lines of modern clean miJk production. It is therefore a matter for coi^gratulation that even the oldest of Cambs. farm hands are willing and even anxious to show their efficiency.” I am indebted to a report by l\Ir. Leslie, the County Agricultural Adviser, for the information regarding this Competition, which ])romises hopefully for the future. For the detection of tubercular milk, samples were taken from producers, 14 by the Cambridge Town Council and 32 by the County Council. The samples were submitted for examination, including the biological test, to the Cambridge University Institute of Animal Pathology; in none was the tubercle bacillus detected, though the County Council’s samples Avere taken from premises where cows had previously been slaughtered under the Tuberculosis Order. In addition to the foregoing the County Veterinary Inspector examined a herd of cows in consequence* of a report from the London County Council that evidence of tuberculosis had been found in a sample of milk delivered in their area from this farm. Altogether 23 cows were examined, 23 milk samples taken, and one cow slaughtered for tuberculous udder under the provisions of the Tuberculosis Order. In Chesterton Pural District it is noted that the dairymen are imiiroving in their methods aiid gradually acquiring better and more up to date utensils. One new cowshed on modern lines has been erected during the year. Meat.—There is no public abattoir within the County area. The reports generally contain reference to improve- ments effected in connection with slaughterhouses, and to 'the inclusion of the use of the humane killer in the district