[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough.

  • Huddersfield (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RATS AND MICE DESTRUCTION The problem of surface infestation is being assiduously dealt with by the full-time rodent operatives, who proceed in accordance with the technique specified by the Ministry of Food. A system of servicing is available and this is applied as laid down in Circular N.S.12 (Ministry of Food) on cases where drains are invovled, these are tested and where found defective are required to be made good. The followi ng is a summary of the action taken during the year. Visits made. j i Rats destroyed. j Premises treated. j . ... — Premises. cleared. Drains tested. Drains found ] defective.j i S ' ■ 5450 j 1819 | 125 124 81 i 50 Mice Infestations. Business Premises. Private Dwellings. Number Cleared. : : | 24 f | 54 61 Maintenance treatment of sewers is carried out by the Borough Engineer's Department. INSPECTION OF BEER CELLARS. Periodical inspections have been made during the year. All the defects found on the previous inspections have been remedied and there is nothing untoward to report. MILK SUPPLY. On the 31st December 1947 there were 110 registered farms in the Borough, comprising 211 sheds in which were housed approximately 1800 dairy cows. During the year frequent visits have been made to the farms, during which sheds have been Inspected on 794 occasions. Of these visits 38 visits were made in investigating the cause of unsatisfactory milk samples. Number of Registered Farms. 110 do. Cowkeepers. 103 do. Wholesale Producers. 23 do. Retail Producers. 73 do. Producers producing both wholesale and retail. 7 Vendors of Mi Ik. Retail Producers. Retailers only. Milkshops (including 134 shops where bottled mi Ik only is sold). In Borough. Coming into Borough. TOTAL. 79 28 146 41 120 35 146 Licenses Issued under the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936 to 1946, Description of Licence. Number in force 31st December 1947. |To use the designation Tuberculin Tested, ; To produce, bottle and sell, i To sell by retail, including supplementary licences. I Bottling establishments. 3 jTo use the designation Accredited. I To produce, bottle anTsell, j To produce, but not bottle. 5 To sell by retail, including supplementary licences. I To use the designation Pasteurised. I PasleuHserfs Licences. ! To sell by retail. 8 28 2 8 22 1 3 13 There are three licences in force authorising the use of the special designation Pasteurised. In the two larger dairies milk is processed by the High Temperature Short Timd'Method, whilst the Holder method is used in the smallest dairy. The two larger dairies have well equipped laboratories in which samples of both untreated and treated milk are frequently examined.