[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Winchester U.D.C. / City.

  • Winchester (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Winchester U.D.C. / City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cows Heifers Bullocks Bulls Calves Swine By ] Notice of M0. U F0 F0 Generalised 1958 5 1 1 O o => 1957 16 2 - CO % CJ Localised 1958 62 13 6 2 4 era 1957 235 37 11 •: 8 10 CJ CD OPERATION WITH NATIONAL VETERINARY SERVICE In all cases where tuberculous pigs and calves can be traced to the farms on which they have been reared^ the Veterinary Officers ©f the Ministry of Agriculture,, Fisheries and Food are‘’informed and given details of the sites of infections revealed on post-mortem examination MEAT MARKING There is no scheme of meat marking in force in- the district under Part III of the Public Health (Meat) Regulations9 1924o DISEASES OF ANIMALS (WASTE FOODS) ORDER, 1957c To reduce the risk of spreading foot and mouth disease and other animal diseases9 the Gowers Committee on Foot and Mouth Disease recommended that» with the exception of Local Authoritiess collectors of substantial waste food should, be licensed,. Effect has been given to this recommendation by the Diseases of Animals (Waste Food§) Order 1957s which came into operation on 1st June*, 1957® The Order provides that,, in general, every collector of waste foods must boil the material in a licensed plant before feeding it or re-distributing it for feeding purposes. In accordance with the terms of the Orders inspection of the plant and equipment at each of the existing 19 licensed premises was found to be satisfactory during the year,, MILK SUPPLY At the end of 1958 there were only three Cowkeepers on the register. The number of dairies and milk shops other than those belonging to Cowkeepers was six. The visits of inspection made were 11o