[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Wrexham Borough.
- Wrexham (Wales). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1939
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Wrexham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![-11- PIl.CZi^AGE or OVSlGHO'DirO I2T E'VSLLIilG HOUSES At Dec, ~^lst, 19^8 At Eec. ~^lst. 19~^9 Privately Orned Houses 2.11 1.15 Corporation Oi^isd Houses.... 3»13 1*95 All Houses in tne 3oroi\^h... '2.78 1.47' SUPSPVISIOIT OP rOOE SEPPIIES ■ MILK AITS 3AIHIES , , L'he numLer of persons registered as vdiolesale purveyors and producers of milk within' the Borough is 33» as retail purveyors .86, racking a total of II9. flaerc arc 20 registered cow-keepers with’approximately cows; also 59 dairies and milkshops. Ihu’ing the year J Dealers’ Licences were issued under the provisions of the Milk (Special Designations) Order,' 193^* BACfERIOLOGICfu. ZlLAIvlIHALIOiT OP DESKhTALED AILJ hOH-DESIGKATSD MILK Duuing. 1939 there were 122 samples of milk submitted by this Department for bacteriological examination, as cornpared with II7 in IS'^S and 51 1937» including samples of milk sold under the Milk (Special Designations) Order 193^. Of these,50 sanrples were of milk produced wi'fnin the Borou.gh, and 23 saxrpiles rere of Pasteurised- milk supplied to El^mentai’y School children, ,: Anv.pijialysis of..the results shows that of the total S8H5)les talcen 9.0/o wore reported’ to be .unsatisfactoi-y as con5)arcd with 6,8^ in 1938, -and as regards designated milks 8.6^ being the sajnd per-* - ccntocPo ao'J‘-T\ 19} 8, , , Dive samples, of. Pasteurised Milk were also submitted to the Phosphatase .fes^ and gave satisfactbi-y rosudts, BIOLOGICAL fZSflHG OF MILILPOP. THE PRZSli^CZ OP LIYIHG fUBERCLE BACILLI Portyreight sanples. of, .designaied. and non-designated milks were submitted, for bological testing. d]4’ihg the year as compared with 43 in 1938» 'POur of the samples whicl were produced by'^'^Acefedited^' herds or 8,3^ gave positive results, and affected cov/s were reported to have been ultimatel7 eliminated froii the respective herds by the Ministiy of Ag'ricraltui'e and Fisheries as a result of the preliminary action of fnis Department. lAAlIUPACfURE AI‘ID SALE 01 ICE CJ^M There are 28 registered premises raider the Pood and Drugs Act, 1938, at which ice cream is-, mnufacturod-or sold. The. premises have all been inspected and I'ound to be in a satisfactory condition. Particular. attention has been given to the manufacture of ice-cream-and. a total.of 24 saples were submitted to the Dairy Bacteriolo.'lst of Bangor University for bacteriological examination and quality .tests, for advisor/ purposes by 'the Department. These samples represented the products of both manufucturors on a largo scale whose, principad. business Is-the munufacturo and sale of ice- cream and .local manufacturers wio deal in this ..commodity in. a lesser](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28882167_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
