[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.

  • Cumberland County Council
Date:
1942
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    Of the 2,406 samples taken during the year 1042, 1,322 wore also subjected to a guineapiginoculation test for tubercle. Of these, 23 were found to contain tubercle bacilli. Three of these positive sam])les involved the same farm. Tlie following table shows the percentage of ])ositi\’e samples for the past five years :— Tabi.t: It. Xuutbey sithmiHed in the Percentage Year. Biologiciil Test. Positive for Tubercle 1938 1221 1.2'';, 1939 115-1 2.8% 1940 1209 2.1% 1941 1319 1.4';;, 1942 1332 1.7% Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936-1941. The Milk and Dairies Committee, after detailed and careful investigation of a number of ca.ses v/here the sampling records during the year had been unsatisfactory, decided to withhold the licences for 1943 in eight cases, and four further licences were withheld until such time as the producers had, at their own expense, produced two consecutive satisfactory samples, these to be collected by the sanitary inspectors for the districts concerned. In addition, five licences were revoked during the year, and 130 warning letters were issued. The staff of the Cumberland and Westmorland Farm School paid 95 advisory visits during the year, including a number of repeat visits. At the end of 1942, there were 99 producers licensed to produce Tuberculin Tested Milk, and 322 licensed to pro- duce Accredited milk, compared with 99 and 339 respectively, for 1941. The number of Tuberculin Tested licences therefore remained unchanged, and conpmres with lOh for 1940, while the number of Accredited licences has fallen during the year bv 17. Milk Supplies to Schools and Public Institutions. 1 luring the year, 3S9 samples were examined for cleanli- ness. Of these, 231 were .satisfactory and 15s un.satisfactory. Veterinary inspection of Dairy Herds. I am indebted to the Divisional Inspector of the Ministry of Agriculture (Mr. J. Cameron, M.R.C.V.S., D.V.S.M., B.Sc.j, for the following figures relative to the results of inspection of dair}^ herds, and also to the number of cattle which have been slaughtered under the Tuberculosis Order in the County.