Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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The dairy farms in the District are as follows:—
Hooley Farm. Woodplace Lane, Coulsdon.
Dean Farm, Brighton Road, Hooley.
Elm Farm, Farleigh.
Moorcroft Farm, Farleigh.
Elmgrove Farm, Old Lodge Lane, Kenley.
Kenley House, Kenley.
Farleigh Court Farm, Farleigh.
In addition, the hospitals at Netherne and Cane Hill are supplied
chiefly by their own private farms, while a few cows are kept by private
individuals.
Milk and Dairies Regulations.
The entries in the registers required to be kept as from 1st October,
1949 in accordance with these Regulations were as follows:—
Distributors of milk in the District 11
Premises registered as Dairies 2
Milk Sampling.
A total of 175 samples was submitted for bacteriological and biological
examination, an increase of 37 compared with 1948, with the results set
out in the following tables:—
Tests required by the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations,
1936 to 1949, and the Heat-Treated Milk (Prescribed Tests)
Order, 1944.
BACTERIOLOGICAL.
Designation. | Number. | Methylene Blue. | Phosphatase. | Coliform Bacteria. | Turbidity. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Satisfactory. | Unsatis factory. | Satisfactory. | Unsatisfactory. | Satisfactory. | Unsatisfactory. | Satisfactory. | Unsatisfactory. | ||
Pasteurised | 62 | 56 | 6 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — |
Heat Treated | 73 | 66 | 7 | 71 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Raw | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Sterilised | 5 | 5 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | — |
T.T. (Certified) | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Totals | 144 | 130 | 14 | 138 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | — |
BIOLOGICAL.
Designation. | Number | Tubercle Bacillus. | |
---|---|---|---|
+ | — | ||
Ungraded | 2 | 27 | |
Channel Island | — | 2 | |
Totals | 31 | 2 | 29 |