[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council.

Jean-Alexis Néret

Date:: 1954

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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Bottle Rinses No statutory standard has been fixed for the cleanliness of washed nilk bottles. The provisioned standard in use during 1950 to 1955? was adopted again for 1954. It is as fellows A one-pint bottle giving a neon bacterial colony count of less than 600 a one-pint bottle giving a nean colony count of 600 to 2,000 . A one-pint bottle giving a nean colony count of over 2,000 Satisfactory Fairly satisfactory Unsatisfactory No. of bottles examined ... No. of bottles satisfactory ... No. fairly satisfactory No. unsatisfactory . Hater Sampling at Dairies 783 608 (less than 600 colonies of bacteria per bottle) 75 (more than 600 but less than 2,000 colonies of bacteria per bottle) 100 (more than 2,000 colonies of bacteria per bottle) No. of samples procured and examined ... 59 No. of samples satisfactory ... ... 59 Inspections of Dairies The County Sanitary Officer made 498 inspections of dairies during 1954. Food and Drugs (Milk Dairies e,nd Artificial Cream) Act. 1950 Biological Sampling of Milk for Tuberculosis, etc. During the year, 1,089 samples were procured for biological examin¬ ation, details being set out below; - Twenty-two of the samples wore void due to premature death of the guinea-pigs, and of the remainder, l6 (or 1.47$) were found to contain tuberculosis. Mo sample contained brucella melitensis. 144 (or 13.2$) were found to contain brucella abortus. The positive results wero notified to the Divisional Veterinary Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and animals found to be secreting tubercle vrere slaughtered. No action appears to have been taken lay the Veterinary Officers on reports of brucella abortus infection.

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