[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Haydock Local Board / U.D.C.

  • Haydock (England). Local Board.
Date:
1933
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Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Haydock Local Board / U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    o Milk. Milk is principally supplied by local farmers and purveyors and dairymen from adjoining districts. The cowsheds and dairies in the district are visited periodically and every effort is being made to produce clean healthy milk. With this end in view the farmers and dairymen are recommended to adopt the latest methods and appli- ances to secure this desirable and most necessary improvement of the milk supply. Generally ibe cows are well groomed and clean. The floors and means of lighting and ventilation of some of the shippons still require attention. A few of the cowkeepers have installed automatic drinking troughs] in the shippons, by which means the animals may have water when they so desire. Forty-eight samples of milk were taken for bacteriological examination. Forty-four were found to be negative and four positive. Having found the infected milk, it was afterwards dealt with by the County Public Health Department. Milk being a very important article of food, especially for infants, it is important that specimens of same be analysed regularly, as sooner or later the tuberculous cow is found and eliminated. Meat. There is only one slaughterhouse in the district. This is kept in a cleanly condition. l'he meat sol 1 in the shops is brought in from neighbouring towns where the animals have been slaughtered and dressed. Pigs are slaughtered on private premises and sold to butchers. Notices have been given by slaughterers in accordance with the provisions of the Meat Regulations, 1924, of the day, time and the place of killing and the carcases have been examined for the presence of disease. Shops are also visited to see that they are kept in a cleanly state and the meat protected from flies and dust. Scavenging- The scavenging and removal of house refuse, as well as the removal of nightsoil, is carried out uuder the super- vision of the Surveyor, by the Council’s workmen. The refuse is disposed of on tips held from land owners under agreement, to form agricultural land from declivities.