[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset Council
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Milks Examined for Tubercle Bacilli for 1947. NuiuIkt oxaiaincd. Number containing lubercle bacilli. Pcrccnlage containing T.B. Ungraded 259 4 1.5 Accredited 80 6 7.5 Tuberculin Tested 15 —r —: Heat Treated ... 2 '- Churns, Milk Bottles and Containers. The tables below summarise the results of the check tests made on churns and milk containers:—' Milk Churns. No. of Samples taken. Satisfactory. % Unsatisfactory. klaehine washed ... 197 157 20.3 Hand washed 93 71 23.6 Total 290 • 228 21.4 There has been a definite improvement in the cleanliness of churns during the past year. In the larger dairies several worn-out washing machines have been replaced by new ones and others have been reconditioned. Hand washing in the main depends upon the individual washing the churns. This method is now mainly confined to small dairies. The figures given above show that there is still room for considerable improvement in the condition of churns. It is useless producing clean milk and putting it into dirty containers. Empty Cleansed Bottles. The appended table shows the results of bottles submitted to a sterility test:— B 0 T T L E S Machine washed. . Hand washed and Hand washed and sterilised. not sterilised. No. of 1 % No. of 1 o/ No. of O/ Samples Satis- Unsatis- Samples j Satis- Unsatis- Samples Satis- Unsatis- taken. factory. factory. taken. ] factory. factory. taken. factory. factory. From p r e m i s e s licensed lor bottling 100 71 29.0 367 253 31.0 34 13 61.7 1 and 1 pint. From school suppliers 178 109 38.7 240 161 32.9 84 29 65.4 1 pint. , Total 278 1 180 35.2 607 414 ; 31.7 118 42 64.4