[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor U.D.C.
- Bognor Regis (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1925
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![1. —Standard of a Satisfactory Milk, Milk, to be pure and wholesome, should comply with the following condi- tions :— (a) It should not contain the Bacillus of Tuberculosis. (b) It should contain a proper amount of nutriment in the form of milk fat and other solids. (c) It should contain only a reasonably small number of contaminating bacteria. (b) The standard of Avhat is considered to be a proper amount of nutriment is laid down in the Sale of Milk Regulations, 1901 as milk fat, 3 per cent. Solids, other than milk fat, 8.5 per cent. (c) The standard of cleanliness, that is of the permissible number of bac- teria present, is not absolute ; and it is only of recent years that any figures have been suggested. Under the Special Designations Order of the Milk and Dairies Amendment Act, 1922, tw^o standards were laid down : Certified Milk, having not more than 30,000 bacteria per cubic centimetre, and Grade “ A ” Milk, having not more than 200,000. ITie higher figure, 200,000 per cubic centimetre, provides a basis on which to consider the cleanliness of milk. 2. —Methods for Ascertaining the Quality of Milk. ddie methods employed in the district to ascertain the quality of the milk sold are :— (a) Samples of milk are taken in course of delivery and sent for examina- tion as to the presence of the Bacillus of Tuberculosis. The ex- perimental inoculation test is employed. (b) Samples are taken by the Inspector of Weights and Measures of the AVest Sussex County Council and by your Sanitary Inspector and submitted to the County Analyst for examination as to whether they conform with the standard of milk fat, etc., as laid down in the Sale of Milk Regulations. (c) Samples are taken in course of delivery and sent for examination as to cleanliness ; that is, as to the number of contaminating bacteria present. [These samples are collected in sterile bottles, packed in metal containers and surrounded with ice. They are sent by passenger train to Brighton, where they are handed to a messenger from the laboratory where the examinations are carried out]. Production and Distribution and the Supervision exercised over them. Production. In considering this question, it is convenient to divide it into— 1. The ordinary Milk Supply. 2. The Extraordinary Milk Supply, by which is meant the extra supply of milk which comes into the town to meet the demands of the great increase in population during the holida^^ season. 1.—The Ordinar}^ Milk Suppl}^ This is obtained from— (a) Dairymen within the district. (b) Dairymen in the surrounding rural districts. (a) Very little milk is produced within the district. At the end of the year there were two producers in the district with 33 and 7 cows respectively. 'Pile cowsheds are properly constructed and are kept in a clean and sanitary condition. Attention is paid to the grooming of the cows, the washing of the ud- ders, and the cleanliness of the milkers’ hands before milking. Milking buckets are](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28937053_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
