[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C.
- Cockermouth (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1939
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![S. Action under Statutory Powers during the year; • (a) Proceeding's under Sections 9, 10, and 16 of the Housing Act, 1936— o (b) Proceedings under Public Healtli Acts: 20 (c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936 : — (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made o (i) Number of dwelling-ihoueee demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders 10 (dl Proceedings xinder Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936— o 4. Housing Act, 1036, Part iv., —Overcrowding figures not available. No kmoiwn case oif oivercax)widiing' had been dealt with, in 193a. Food. MILK SUPPLY. There were 8 registered milksellers whose premises were within the Urban District, including 4 producers and retailers, 2 producer wholesalers, and 2 retail purveyors only. Inspections are made peiiodically and endeavour is made to get improvements carried out to dairy premises where necessary. A large quantity of the town’s milk supply is retailed by producer’s and retailers whose premises are situated in the sur- rounding Rural District. There were 10 of such producers and retailers during 1939. The following table gives the result of 47 samples of milk retailed in the town and taken by the Sanitary Inspector, and submitted for bactei'iological examination to the Cumberland Pathological Laboratory, Carlisle. Of the above 47 samples, 14 were satisfactory and 33 unsatis- factory in relation to dirt contamination, as follows :— Samples produced in Urban District outside borderline cases); 14 failing B. Coli test only (i.e. or 3 tubes out of 3, and 15 failing Combined tests. Satisfactory ■cccrding to Accredited Standard Unsatisfactory acciirding to Accredited Standard. Total 4 '5 19 10 18 28 — — — 14 33 47 comprised :— Lie Reduction test only (7 being showing B. Coli in 2 It is satisfactory to report that no sam]ile was found to contain tubercle bacilli.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29118190_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
