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(2) Disinfection of the premises where phthisis has ended
fatally, is, in every instance, offered and was carried out in
107 instances during 1908.
(3) The precautions taken in respect of meat and milk are
referred to in separate paragraphs of this report.
TUBERCULOSIS AND MILK.—In view of the probable amendment
of the law relating to the milk supply, it was decided to take
further samples under the so-called Model Milk Clauses. The number
of samples examined during the year amounted to 62.
Primary samples 46
Secondary ,, 16
Total 62
Twenty-five of the primary samples were procured from milks produced
in the borough.
Twenty-one were from milks consigned to local dairymen from
farms outside the borough.
Forty-two of the 46 primary samples examined gave negative
results, and four were positive.
One of the positive samples was from milk produced in the
borough, and three from farms outside the borough.
In the case of the borough cowshed, the cows were examined by
Mr. Thrale, the Borough Veterinary Surgeon, and declared by him to
be healthy. In the interval between the taking of the samples and the
result of the examination seven cows had been sold, and their places
taken by fresh cows. Two further samples of the mixed milk of all the
cows gave negative results.
In the case of the farms outside the borough, all were visited, with
the following results : —
No. 1.—Three samples of milk were procured, two from
suspected cows, and one from the mixed milk of the remaining
fifteen cows. On examination, two of these samples gave a
positive result, and one negative.
In the interval between the taking of these secondary samples
and the result of the examination the cows on this farm had been
tested with tuberculin, and, as a result, changes were made in the