[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Skelton & Brotton U.D.C.
- Skelton and Brotton (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1954
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Skelton & Brotton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Section 20 — Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949 On the ] 2th August, a sample of milk was obtained by an officer of the County Council from an “ accredited ” herd; on the 29th September, the guinea pig into which some of the milk had been injected was found to have developed tuberculosis. I was immediately informed and at once issued on the producer a notice prohibiting the sale of the milk unless adequately treated by heat. The herd was examined and afterwards kept under observation by the Divisional Inspector of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries; group samples of the milk were taken, examined biologically and finally certified as non-tuberculous. In consequence I withdrew the notice on the 29th November. On the 12th August a sample of milk was obtained by an Officer of the County Council from a producer-retailer of ‘‘tuberculin tested” milk; on the 29th September the biological test showed the presence of tuberculosis. I immediately issued on the producer a notice prohibiting the sale of the milk unless adequately treated by heat. A similar procedure as described above was followed by the Divisional Inspector of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the milk was finally certified as non-tuberculous; I withdrew the Notice on the 29th November. While public health bacteriologists may view tuberculin tested milk with a certain scepticism, there is no question, in my opinion, that it is a great advance; after all, no biological procedure is, or could be, on all occasions 100 per cent correct, because we are dealing with life and its constantly changing phenomena. Food Poisoning Outbreaks. No outbreak of food poisoning was notified to me during the year. Meat Inspection. During the year the inspection of carcases became again a duty of the Local Sanitary Authority. This obligation which is of the greatest importance, has thrown much additional work on the Sanitary Inspector, Mr. J. J. Pattison. With one Sanitary Inspector, the examination of every animal slaughtered is an onerous procedure though on the occasions of his absence on leave, I have given what assistance circumstances allow.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30089645_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
