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London County Council 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Metropolitan borough. | Number of premises. (*) | N umber of inspections, 1911. | Number of notices, 1911. | N umber of prosecutions 1911. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1910. | Added in 1911. | Removed in 1911. | On register at end of 1911. | ||||
| __ C/Wandsworth | |||||||
| — | |||||||
The Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1899, provides that the milk from cows certified
by a veterinary surgeon to be affected with tubercular disease of the udder shall not be
(a) mixed with other milk, or
(b) sold or used for human food, or
(c) sold or used for the food of swine without having first been boiled.
In 1904 this power was supplemented in London by additional powers, incorporated in the
London County Council (General Powers) Act of that year, to remove any cow from any dairy, farm
or cowshed in the County (elsewhere than in the City), if such cow is suspected to be suffering from
tuberculosis of the udder, and if, upon slaughter, these suspicions are verified, a sum equal to threequarters
of the agreed value of the animal (not exceeding £22 10s.) is payable by the Council. If,
however, the cow is proved to be free from tuberculosis of the udder, the full agreed value (not
exceeding £30), together with a further sum of £1, is payable by the Council.
The cows in the London cowsheds have, since the date of the Dairies Order of 1899, been periodically
inspected by the County Council's veterinary inspector, with a view to the detection of cows
suffering trom tubercular disease of the udder. During the year 1911 there were six inspections of
Tuberculosis
of the udder
in London
cows.
London
County Council
(General
Powers) Act,
1904 (Party.)
During the year 1911 there were six inspections of
all the cows in the London cowsheds, and the results of the veterinary inspector's examination are
shown in the following table :—
| Details of Examination. | 1st period, 11th Dec., 1910, to 21st Feb., 1911. | 2nd period, 22nd Feb. to 10th April, 1911. | 3rd period, 11th April to 9th June, 1911. | 4th period, 10th June, to 1st August, 1911. | 5th period, 2nd August to 19th Oct., 1911. | 6th period, 20th Oct., 1911, to 12th Jan, 1912. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||||
The 18 cows suffering from tubercular disease of the udder were slaughtered, and the carcases
destroyed, compensation being paid by the Council to the owners in accordance with the provisions
of the London County Council (General Powers) Act of 1904. One other cow was seized and slaughtered
on suspicion of being affected with tuberculosis of the udder. On post-mortem examination, however,
the animal presented no definite pathological evidence of being so affected.
Part IV. of the London County Council (General Powers) Act of 1907 empowers the County
Medical Officer of Health or other duly authorised person to take, within and without the County,
samples of milk produced or sold or intended for sale within the County ; and, having obtained a
justice's order, in company with a veterinary surgeon, to enter any dairy from which milk is being
sold or suffered to be sold or used within the County, and to inspect the cows kept therein, and if the
Medical Officer or such authorised person has reason to suspect that any cow is suffering from tuber-
Tuberoulous
milk; London
County
Council
(General
Powers) Act,
1907. Part
IV.
(*) Figures in italics refer to persons registered.
† The milkshop premises are being re-registered under now regulations.
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