[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Petersfield R.D.C.
- Petersfield (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1961
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Petersfield R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![1 Adulterations. Milk Samples (Continued). to deficiencies of fat and in one to slight adulteration with added water but the am-i did not exceed 1 per cent. The latter concerned bottled milk and investigations ind- cated the cause to be incomplete drainage of the processing plant after sterilisation the small amount of water remaining having affected the first few bottles to be fill| with milk. The attention of the dairyman was drawn to the result of this sample but. view of the slight adulteration the matter was not considered to warrant legal proce-, ings. Subsequent tests proved to be satisfactory. With regard to the samples which were deficient of fat, these were all from single chums included in larger consignin', of milk which were being supplied to wholesale dairies, and in each case the average' content of the consignment was of the required standard. The whole of each consignin'. was being mixed together on arrival at the receiving dairy and in the circumstances :i ther action in respect of the individual deficiencies was not necessary. ✓ 1 Miscellaneous Samples. 29 samples of articles other than milk were procured and these were all free f:i complaint. Legal proceedings were taken against a firm of jam manufacturers concerning a \ of marmalade in which the purchaser found some pieces of broken glass. The jar itse' was undamaged and investigations indicated that the broken glass had found its way L; the jar during the filling process at the manufacturers’ premises. The company cone were granted'an Absolute Discharge on the payment of £10.11 s.9d. costs. General. Attention was also given to the Labelling of Pood Order and the Pharmacy and Ml icines Act in connection with their application to the labelling and descriptions of Pood and Drugs. RODENT CONTROL. Rodent control in the area is carried out by Council staff, by private servici? companies and by local rat catchers. For some time it had been felt that the Council* s system of charging for treat ment to farms and business premises was ’unsatisfactory, and so, in April I960 they ©■ barked on a free service for a trial period of three years. It was thought at that time that we might not be able to cope with the extra c] plaints, let alone carry out statutory inspections, but the result has in fact been i elimination of black spots’* in the District and a larger degree of co-operation wit the public in general. The Council’s rodent operators continued to give good service and again, chief' as a result of their tactful approach, it was found necessary to serve only one statu¬ tory notice during the year under the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 19A-9. In general, control measures during the year were satisfactory. No complaints were made in respect of treatments, largely because of our ability to make follow u] visits. - %■ -](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29989024_0058.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
