[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1930
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![It will he seen that the ])ro(hiets of the Firms desio:iiated A and C were of excellent (jnality, whilst that of Firm II was at times not so satisfactory. The Firms II and C discontinued in September, 1980. It is notable that Ilacilhis Coli oroanisms are more abundant in Pasteurized Milk than in Grade “ A ” Milk. MILK AND DAIRIES ORDER, 1926. Producers. Hetailers. Cowsheds. On Register 1st January, 1980... 21 156 21 Discontinued during the \ ear ... 2 26 0 Added during the year . 18 86 16 Total at end of vear 87 166 87 Seventy-nine samj^lcs, 56 from outside the town, were taken in the course of delivery and examined on the spot for visible dirt l)y means of a sim})le portable instrument. This ocular demonstration is very impressive and successful, as shown by re-inspections. Letters of ad\ iee were sent to the producer and the Sanitary Insi)eetor involved in serious eases. The routine inspection of herds were carried out by Mr. C. G. Hill, M.U.F.V.S., in company with myself, twice during the year. Of 5‘2 herd ins|)ections involvino; 608 cows, only one was unsatisfactory, aiul re-inspection revealed much im- ])rovement. As a result of the fretpieut inspection of cowsheds by the Ins])ectors a cow was noticed to be sufferino- from udder trouble. A Veterinary Surgeon was called in, and as a result of his advice, the cow was slaughtered, when it was found that the udder contained a large (piantity of Pus. No further action was taken as the condition was obscure and complicated. Eleven informal notices were served for various defects, and in all but one, were complied with at the end of the year. A breach was committed by a person earrving slicej) in a vehicle used for the conveyance of milk. A warning letter was considered sufficient. Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915.—Twelve samples of Milk were taken for Bacteriological Examination for Tubercle Bacilli during the year. Two were found to be affected, and these samples being from Producers outside the Borough, in- formation was gi\'en to the Durham County Authority, who caused a veterinary examination of the cows (from which the samples originated) to be made.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29149125_0101.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
