[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Witham U.D.C.

  • Witham (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1967
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    being given to birds rejected by the plant staff for abnormality. Unfit birds are wholly or partly condemned, according to the conditions found. The services of the Ministry of Health Laboratory at Chelmsford are utilised for pathological identification and differentiation of obscure conditions. MILK AND DAIRIES All registration and licensing of dairies and other milk premises, producers, dairymen and distributors is now the responsibility of the Essex County Council. The following registrations were in force at 31st December 19^7s — Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised Sterilised Dairies (3) 3 32 Dealers (.9) 9 9 4 Six samples of milk were submitted for bacteriological examination, one of which proved to be of unsatisfactory standard. ICE CREAM The registration of manufacturers and vendors and their premises is carried out in the Urban District under the Essex County Council Act 1933? and supervision is exercised to ensure compliance with the Ice-Cream (Heat Treatment) Regulations 1947-1959* The number of registrations at 31st December 19^7 was:- Manufacturers Nil Vendors only 47 Registered premises 47 In addition, vendors registered in other areas operate within the Urban District. Ice-Cream Sampling Ice-Cream is sampled periodically to ascertain it3 standard of bacterial purity. Fourteen such samples were taken during the year, and the results were as follows:- Bacteriologist's Description Ministry of Heall Provisional Grad] :h's lng „ . j Total I II III IV Satisfactory 8 — — — 8 Passable — 3 3 — 6 Unsatisfactory — — — — — Q 1 A A
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