[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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    Table II. Sitnibei' siibmillcd to the Pci'ceutai^c \'eur. lliolo^icdl Test. Posilive foy Tubercle 1939 1154 9 .Qo . . - 0 1938 1221 1 9 0 1937 , , 1315 1 . . 1 0 1938 , 728 I 0 • • 1 (j 1935 . . . 589 9 30 . . -.0 Q MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDERS, 1936 and 1938. After detailed and careful investigation of a number of cases, the Milk and Dairies Committee at the end of the year, decided to withhold the licences for 1940 in six cases. W'arning letters were also issued in a number of other cases. The staff of the Cumberland and M'’estmorland h'arm School paid fifty-four advisory visits at the request of the Committee during the year. At the end of 1939, there were 9o ])remises licensed to produce Tuberculin Tested milk, and 32(5 licensed to produce Accredited milk, compared with 70 and 315 respectively for 193S. MILK SUPPLIES TO SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. The arrangements continued unchanged, except that with the outbreak of war it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain school supplies. Producers find difficulty in getting bottles and straws, and there are, of course, the obvious difficulties due to lack of petrol and the black-out. Other important factors have been the ploughing of pasture land, the increase in the local population, and these factors, taken together made it regrettably necessar\' in one or two areas to abandon the milk in schools scheme. It is hoped that these difficulties may, in the course of time, be overcome. During the year, 401 samples were examined for cleanli- ness. Of these, 209 reached ‘‘ Accredited ” standard, and 132 fell below that standard. VETERINARY INSPECTION OF DAIRY HERDS. I am indebted to the Divisional Inspector of the Ministry of Agriculture (Mr. Cameron) for the following figures relative to the results of inspection of dairy herds, and also the number of cattle which have been slaughtered under the Tuberculosis Order in the County, which he has kindly permitted me to include in this report. No. of confirmed Cases of Tuberculosis .. 142