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During the year 53 samples of milk were taken from
cows showing induration or other abnormality of the udder
or respiratory trouble with emaciation. Of the 53 samples
taken two were found, after biological examination, to contain
tubercle bacilli. In each instance the County Veterinary
Inspector was communicated with under the
Tuberculosis Order, 1913. In one case the suspected cow
was removed from the herd and taken to a farm in Hendon
where it was kept under observation for some time and
afterwards released by another authority as free from
tuberculosis.
The other suspected animal, in accordance with the
provisions of the above-mentioned Order, was slaughtered.
The post-mortem examination revealed evidence that the
animal was affected with generalised tuberculosis.
Compensation under the Order was made to the
owner.
Thirty-nine samples of milk were taken from milkshops
in the district supplied by cow-keepers outside the
district, and five of these were found to contain tubercle
bacilli. With regard to these five samples two were taken
from milk-shops which obtained the milk in question from
farms in Buckinghamshire and the other three from a farm
in Kingsbury. The Medical Officer of Health of Buckingham
was duly notified by letter on each occasion of the
existence of tubercle bacilli in milk sent into this district
from farms in Buckinghamshire. The history of the other
three samples is as follows.
Early in February, 1913, the first sample of milk, taken
at a shop supplied from a farm in Kingsbury, was reported
to contain tubercle bacilli. The Council's Veterinary Surgeon
at once visited the farm and examined all the cows
in the herd. Six were found to have some abnormality of