[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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    El even of the samples were examined for the presenee of tiiherele l)acilli and hrneella abortus witli negative results. Biological Examinations. Eorty-eipht samples of undesipniated milk were obtained by ofbeeT’s of tlu‘ County Council and examined biologically foT- lb(‘ ])resenee of tubercde bacilli. Four samples were certified as tuberculous. In addii,ion to the above samples, 24d samples were taken by County District Councils for the ])resence of tubercle bacilli. Two hundred and tbii‘ty-two proved nep'ative, 9 were posilive, and in the remaining' two cases tlm p’uinea pip‘‘^ died b(‘fore tbt' examinalion was com])leted. Appropriate action was taken to secuire tlu' slaughter of the infected animals. Vi'/rKiaNARY Inspection oe Datpv Repos. 1 am indebted to Mr. IT Vailey, Divisional Veterinary lns])ector, Ministry of A«ricultur(* and Fisheries, for the folbnyiii^' details (M' the inspections of dairy herds which were carried out durinp' th(‘ year: — No. of Herd No. of Cattle Inspections. Examined. Tuberculin Tested Herds L'o,? ... IB.SS.'i Accredited Herds 0*1 ... 2,270 Non-Designated Herds ‘J.OOO ... 31,544 Xninber of contirmed cases of tnbercnlosis during the year, 50. (The above figure inc4ndef> 15 cases of tuberculosis of the udder.) Section 5. Prevalence of and Control over Infectious and other Diseases. SMALLPOX. As in re]mrted. the pi'evious year, no cases of this disease were MEASLES. ddie number of notiti(*ations received durino the year was 2,df)(), (‘ompared with l,7d4 in 1949. There was one death from the disease. ENTERIC FEVER. Three cases of enteric fever were reported in 1950. SCARLET FEVER. Two hundred and one cases of this disease were notified duriu^' the past year*, compared with 254 in the previous year. DIPHTHERIA. There were only two notifications of this disease and no deaths during the year 1950.