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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
This table shows that out of 2,877 completed examinations of samples taken from churns consigned
to London, 298 proved to be tuberculous, i.e., 104 per cent. Some of the samples were
derived from churns containing milk from more than one farm.
The last annual report gave a similar account of 2,497 samples of milk examined during the
year 1910, of which 268, or 10.7 per cent., were found to be tuberculous.
The following table shows the number of farms visited, the number of cows inspected and the
number of cows certified to have tuberculosis of the udder during the year :—

Farms
inspected in
English
counties.
This table shows that 0 6 per cent. of the cows examined were certified by the Council's
veterinary inspector to have clinical symptoms of tubercular disease of the udder. The supply of
milk for human consumption from the cows thus affected was immediately stopped.
Offensive Businesses.
In the year 1911 the County Council received 247 applications for licences for slaughter-houses,
and granted 243. The following table shows the number of applications received and the number of
slaughter-houses licensed in recent years. It will be seen that the number of these premises is con-
Slaughterhouses.
It will be seen that the number of these premises is continually
decreasing :—

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