Annual report / City of Calgary, Department of Public Health.

  • Calgary (Alta.). Health Department
Date:
[1942]
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Credit: Annual report / City of Calgary, Department of Public Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    9 ,Mlifg_M5_P4II^I¥§2?CTI0N_icontinuedj Jan iPeb Mar Apl May ;Jun-Jly Aug Sep Oct ;Uov Dec Total Insp.ecti.Qns.in....cpunt.o’..„... .Inspections in city .6l.L5&.L91il!2 .102.1.46 j 79j 77 l.i4;lo6j....56.jii3J....91.|....9ia. Si,.86.. 72 | 56 ! 94 4l 1 55 : 25! 47 120 1096 805 Notices issued -written 22 i i4 28i 30 331 Notices issued -verbal 10 i - ! 71 11 10 14 6; 12 - - j - - 70 Licenses suspended 3 1] - F 11.i 1.11.- .8. Permits issued: Dairymen 300 : 1 : 1 1 - « ! - ; - i 1 ! 2 - 1 - 306 Milk Vendors Cowkeepers: 24c j — : — ! 1791 :-l 31 4 fH» i -u* <r , ! m „> .i t 4T - t - j 61 i t 2I 245 200. Pasteurizing Plants Sediment Tests He quctase Tests h : j ! 360; 558 n 517134.8 360 1358 ;354 048 - ] -; - 1 -1 -! - 1 ' - 35l!353l204 166 Ml 335 364 32s 351 3.53 204 16& 341.33? ;364 :32s .5. 3862 3362 Phosphatase Tests 33J 34 ••! - .67. Butter Par Tests 4o 4i 46; 32 37 i 351 42 30 | 34 i 30 36 : 38 435 Tulal Milk & Cream Samples taken 6go 675 608 673 669 671 370 312 647 633 692 61s 7308 Safer Samples taken 1 7 - - 2 - i | i ; 10 j -j i 23 Of the 3^97 sediment tests of producers samples, 3371 or 91-18$ were good, 244 cr 6,6$ were fair, and 82 or 2.22$> were bad* Of the 165 sediment tests of retailers samples of milk, all were good. Of the 3697 reductase tests of producers milk samples, 2996 or 81e05$ were excellent, 12,31° were good, and 6,65$ were fair. There were no bad samples* Of the 165 reductase tests of retailers samples of milk, all were excellent. All tests were conducted in accordance with procedure as set down by The American Public Health Association, in their manual of Standard Methods, According to information supplied by The Board of Utility Commissioners, under whose jurisdiction the economic control of the Calgart milk supply is vested, the safes of milk and cream throughout the year were as follows: Total sales of pasteurized milk 11,034,005 quarts or 96,8$ Tot al sales of unpasteurized milk 3&3»S93 3*2$ Total sales of milk, 11.397.898 Total sales of pasteurized cream Total sales of unpasteurized cream 97)S,218 quarts or 9^«51° 14,677 * 1.55* Total sales of cream 952,S95 Daily per capita consumption cf milk 0.7 pints Daily per capita consumption of cream 0o006 pints Tests for butter fat were made on 435 samples of milk offered for sale by retailers and all were found to be above the required standard of 3*25The average butter fat content of milk offered for sale in Calgary is 3*6$ (Jersey Milk excepted) Er.LIEF_.AHp_0THER__pEPARTM3NTS__ The number of interviews in connection with the ability or otherwise of relief recipients to work has markedly lessened during the year; only 99 such interviews are recorded for 1942, Many of those still in receipt of relief are chronic sufferers of a number of conditions and it is apparent that little or nothing can be done for them medically. Another group have reached extreme senility and for some reason are unable to qualify for Old Age Pension. These people now constitute problem bases and the solution for the different cases is not to oe