[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUPERVISION OF MILK SUPPLIES. School Milk Sampling. Results of Exa/mination of Samples. Number Methylene Blue Test. Phosphatase Test. Grade. of Samples taken. Satis- factory. Unsatis- factory. Satis- factory. Unsatis- factory. Raw 40 25 15 4 Pasteurised or heat- treated 78 74 76 2 Fifty-iniie sani])lf‘s oi' biologioally for tlie pia'seuce of results wei'e obtained and ilu' ill botli eases. scdiool milk wei'e examined tubercle bacilli. Two ])ositive a])]0'o])riate sie])s were taken H EA t-T r e atei) .M n, k . Four Dealer’s (Fasieuriser’s) licmu'i's were o-rauted during the A^ear. « Sam))liny‘ of ])ro(‘essed milk has bemi continued tbroug'h- out ilie yeai' and, as tlie resulis of examinations show, the beat-treaimeni ])lants liav(' been o])erated reasonably satis- fai'torily. It has been ne(‘essary on vei'v few occasions to take action following' ilie receipt of advei'se reports. Duriny the vinu', !hl sam])les obtained from all sources were examined with results as set out in the table below: — Sampling Results. Samples obtained by No. of Samples Methylene Blue Test Phosphatase Test *Tarhidlty Teit Satis- factory Unsatis- factory Satis- factory Unsatis- factory satis- factory Unsatis- factory County Council 63 59 4 60 3 Bridlington Borough ... 76 49 ____ 49 — 25 2 Filey U.D 33 33 — 33 — Hornsea U.D. 2 1 1 — 1 — Nnrhrui TT.D. ... . 9 9 9 Dorwent R.D 6 6 — 5 I 1 — Holderness R.D 2 2 —- 2 — —— j — *.Sterilised milk only. These results include sain])les of heat-treated milk taken from si'hools. FTospitae Milk Sittttjes. Twenty-seAmn sam])les of milk produced at Hospital Dairy Farms luiAm been obtained and submitted to the Methylene Blue test at the request of the Ministry of Health. TAvmnty- six samples passed the test and one failed.