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* Milk curdled or guinea pigs died before completion of test.
† Samples from a residential school which has its own farm.
Milk purchased for use in Council establishments:
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Liquid milk: samples taken by boroughs and
county councils 1,162 947 910 589 306
number found to be unsatisfactory 3 7 11 -
Dried milk: samples submitted to bacteriological
examination 4 4 4 3 24*
No samples contained more than 100,000 organisms per gramme, nor was staphylococcus aureus isolated.
Sanitary inspection
The public health inspectors dealt with the following matters in Council establishments:
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Reports of infestation by a variety of pests 178 190 207 274 221
Visits and re-inspections involved 294 347 472 506 409
Inspections of school meals centres 420 375 362 341 208
Investigations of illness following consumption of
school meals 15 12 7 8 11
Occasions when the meal was found to be the
cause 2 3 2 2 -
Blind and partially-sighted persons
During the year, 1,560 examinations—198 fewer than in the previous year—were made in
connection with certification under the National Assistance Act, 1948, of blind or
partially-sighted persons and 45 persons were found to be neither blind nor partially-sighted.
In addition, 349 certificates were accepted from other local authorities, hospitals and
private ophthalmologists—90 fewer than in the previous year. The percentage of new
registrations recommended to obtain treatment was 53.9 per cent. compared with 57.7 per
cent. in 1960.
The results of examinations of persons newly registered during the year are given in
tables (i) and (ii) overleaf.
* Increased sampling was due to co-operation in the formulation of a British Standard for dried milk.
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