[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1933
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![WATER SUPPLY, FOOD, AND DRUGS At the end of the year the staff engaged on meat inspection con- sisted, in addition to the Veterinary Officer (Mr. Harold Burrow), of one meat inspector, three assistant inspectors, and two detention officers. The Chief Sanitary Inspector, Mr. Alfred Longstaff, was respon- sible throughout the year for the taking of all samples of milk and other food stuffs, and of drugs, for chemical and bacteriological examination. A special Food and Drugs Inspector also devotes the greater part of his time to this work. The chemical analysis of samples ash been carried out, under a temporary ari’angement, by Mr. W. H. Iloberts, M.sc., F.i.c., City Analyst, Liverpool. The bacteriological examination of samples has been dealt with in the Municipal Laboratory. THE WATER SUPPLY With the exception of Prenton and Wirral Wards, all the Borough is supplied with water from the Corporation Waterworks at Alwen. The supply for Prenton and Wirral Wards conies from the West Cheshire Water Board. The consumption of water in Birkenhead from the Alwen supply during the ^^ear ending 3Ist December, 1933, was 1,486,000,000 gallons. Bacteriological examinations.—The bacteriological examination of the Alwen water supply is carried out in the laboratory in the Depart- ment. During the past year, bacteriological examinations have been made in connection with:— 50 samples of tap water in Birkenhead. 13 samples of water from the Alwen Reservoir, before filtration. 23 samples of water at Alwen, after passing through the filtration apparatus. Tlie latter tests provide a very useful and sensitive check on the efficacy of the filtration process. ^IILK SUPPLY Dairy Farms.—IMilk is supplied to the Borough chiefly from farms in (’lieshire, Shropshii-e, Denbighshire and Flintshire. (a) Vanns, etc., outside the Borough.—During the year 337 r..unph,*s of milk suj)plied fi-om outside farms were taken in the I»'a-ougli ])y tlie Veterinaiy Officei-. Of these 46 (13.(> per cent.) were f nnd lo conl.ain tubercle; bacilli. In connection with these infected nil pics, fifty visits we;re paid by the Veterinary Officer, under the pre-visions of the Milk and Dairies (('onsolidation) Act, 1915, to milk !Hef|iifc)’s’ fni-rns onlsifh; tlie Lorough in connection with milk samples ■ hi--li provffl. iij)(jn cxnrnination at llie Mimici])al Laboratory, to be ■ lb-r<'Milens;. I'hcsc visits were made in conijiany with the (Miinty \'* ti-iiriary Inspcftors of tin; districts conceriu'd, and 2,076 cows were ■ : niiical. Saniplfs from all ('f)ws susjiected to be affected with tuber-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927278_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
