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process having taken place during the past few years his animals are
now younger than formerly, and cows beyond a certain age, or that had
ceased to yield a good supply of milk, arc at once sold for butchers'
meat, This, as far as I can discern is probably the reason for the
cessation of tuberculous milk.
The publicity given to the tuberculosis campaign, and the rigorous
enforcement of the Board of Agriculture's Order would seem to have
caused farmers to be more particular with their animals, and it would
appear to me that animals formerly yielding tuberculous milk have
passed into the hands of butchers. The merely nominal sum allowed
as compensation, under the Board of Agriculture's Order, for tuberculous
animals would seem to be very unpopular—there is a great
disinclination on the part of the farmers to have animals slaughtered
for the good of the community largely at their own expense.
Nevertheless, be the causes at work what they may, I have great
pleasure in reporting that the entrance of tuberculous milk into the
Borough has ceased, and this has undoubtedly occurred without pasteurisation,
or the milk having been tampered with in any way.
I am, Mr. Chairman, Madam, and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
FRANK E. SCRASE,
Medical Officer of Health.
Milk Supply.
The number of persons registered as purveyors of milk at the end
of 1913 was 77, and the number of premises on which milk is sold was
102. The difference in the two numbers was accounted for by the fact
that some of the milk-sellers occupy more than one shop.
The premises on which milk is sold are as follows:—
Dairies 52
Bakehouses and Confectioners 20
Restaurants and Coffee Shops 13
General Shops 17
Three of the registered milk-sellers do not occupy shops, two being
registered in reference to refreshment tents on Hampstead Heath on
Bank Holidays, and one has a milk-round outside the Borough but keeps
his barrow and utensils in the Borough,