[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.

  • Cumberland (England). County Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following Table shows the result of the sampling of ungraded supplies : - Table 1. Siilisfacloi'v. I'nsatisfcictoi'v. Tolul. Kural .\ufas. .\lston 21 16 37 Bonier 1 . . 1 Cockernioiitli (iO 70 130 liinnenlale . . . . 5vS 78 133 ^lillori] 25 19 44 Penrith 37 15 52 Wigton 20 30 50 I’kban .\reas. Cockermouth 1 9 10 Keswick 4 4 8 Maiypurt . . 7 15 22 Penrith . , 5 12 17 Boroughs. Workington 19 24 43 Whitehaven 9 3 12 2fi4 (47%) . . 295 (53'*,,) . . 559 The above table shows a very distinct improvement on the previous year. The percentage of satisfactory samples has risen from 36 to 4-7%, and, correspondingly, the unsatis- factory samples have fallen from 64 to 53%. “ Satisfactory ” means that the sample has reached the standard laid down by the Ministry of Health, for “Accredited” milk. Of the 1,619 samples collected during the year under the Joint Scheme, 1,154 were also submitted to a biological examination for tubercle bacilli. Of these, 24 were found to contain tubercle bacilli, which is a substantial increase from the previous year. Two of the twenty-four however, involved the same farm. I believe that this increase in the number of samples found positive for tuberculosis during the year is not peculiar to this Area. The following table shows the percentage of positive samples for the previous live years :—