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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Milk Supply.
The Milk and Dairies Order, which came into operation
in October, 1926, has led to a great improvement in the milk
supply, especially in the distribution of milk, and to-day the
bulk of the milk sold retail within the Borough is sent out
in bottles filled in properly constructed dairies.
The quality of the milk supplied to the Borough throughout
the year has been good, and the average fat content shown
by the analysis of 900 samples was 3.52 compared with 3.57
in 1926.
There are 246 registered milk premises in the Borough,
one of them being also a cowshed. All the premises have
been regularly inspected, the Food Inspectors making 1,034
visits during the year.
The milk utensils and barrows used for the delivery of
milk have also been inspected regularly in the street, and as
will be seen by Table XXXVIII. no less than 922 samples
of milk have been procured and analysed.
In three cases roundsmen were summoned for filling
bottles with milk in the street, and in each case a fine was
inflicted.
Meat.
Seven private slaughter houses are now in use in the
Borough, and the Food Inspectors made 446 visits to these
premises. They were present on almost every occasion when
slaughtering took place, and inspected the carcases and organs
after slaughter. 5,494 carcases were examined and four were
found to be diseased, and were destroyed for the following
reasons :—
Oxen.
1 Carcase and offal Tuberculosis.
1 ditto Septic peritonitis.
Sheep.
2 Whole carcases and offal Damaged by
accident.