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Hayes and Harlington 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]

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SECTION E.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF POOD.
(a) MILK SUPPLY. Samples of designated milks submitted to the
bacteriologist during the year passed the prescribed tests.
There is one producer in the district licensed by the County
Council under the Milk (Special Designations) Orders for the production
of accredited milk.

Table: Two milk dealers were licensed during the year to produce pasteurised milk. The table below gives particulars of the other thirty-six licenses granted during the year:-

Two milk dealers were licensed during the year to produce pasteurised milk. The table below gives particulars of the other thirty-six licenses granted during the year:-

DesignationDealer's LicenceSupplementary Licence
Pasteurised168
Tuberculin Tested66

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No refusal or revocation of licenses to retailers has been made.

Table: There are now thirty-two persons registered in accordance with the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, (superseded by the Pood and Drugs Act, 1938, on the 1st October, 1939) as under:-

There are now thirty-two persons registered in accordance with the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, (superseded by the Pood and Drugs Act, 1938, on the 1st October, 1939) as under:-

Wholesale Traders or Producers of Milk7
Retail Purveyors of Milk with premises in the district12
Retail Purveyors of Milk whose premises are outside the district13
Total32

Table: (b) MEAT.CARCASES EXAMINED AND MEAT CONDEMNED, 1939.

(b) MEAT.

CARCASES EXAMINED AND MEAT CONDEMNED, 1939.

CattleCalvesSheep and LambsPigs
Number killed6003684664,658
Number examined6003684664,658
ALL DISEASES EXCEPT TUBERCULOSIS Whole carcases condemned5-—12
Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned25–64
Percentage of the number inspected affected with disease other than tuberculosis5.00–1.290.34
TUBERCULOSIS ONLY - Whole carcases condemned4——4
Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned103-—79
Percentage of the number inspected affected with tuberculosis17.83—_1.78

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