[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council.
- Denbighshire (Wales). County Council. no2004062613.
- Date:
- 1951
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Pasteurising Plants. The eight licensed pasteurising jdants in the County have maintained their standard of efficiency. 167 samples of jiasteurised milk were sent to and examined by the Public Health Laboratories at Conway and all were satisfactory. Bottles, washed and sterilised by the mechanical bottle washer, when bacteriologically examined at the laboratory, produced but a lew bacterial colonies, which indicates the efficacy of the procedure. This can be nullified to some ex- tent by the misuse of milk bottles by householders. preliminary rinsing by the housewife lessens appreciably the work of the machine and ensures a longer and stronger action by the detergent and disinfectants used. It is gratifying to report the excellent co-operation existing between the County Sanitary Officer and the man- agement of the various i)asteurising plants. Milk In Schools. All samples of pasteurised milk proved satisfactorv. Tuberculin Tested milk submitted for biological examination showed no evidence of Tuberculosis or Brucella Abortus Denbighshire schools were supplied with the following grades of milk: Pasteurised 182 Tuberculin Tested 11 •Accredited Nil Non-designated Nil ADULTERATION OF FOOD AND DRUGS. The County Council’s duties in connection with sampling under the Food & Drugs Acts, 1938-50, are under- taken by the staff of the Weights and Measures De])arlment During the year under review, 458 samples were analysed by the Public Analyst, the particulars being as follows:](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28840859_0095.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
