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Periodical examinations of the conditions of the Public elementary
schools ate made by one of the Inspectors, and any defects
found are brought to the notice of the Education Committee and
Managers, with the result that they are usually remedied without
delay.
I consider that the sanitary conditions are quite satisfactory.
All the schools are supplied with water from the mains.
The action taken in relation to the health of the scholars,
and for preventing the spread of infectious disease is as follows:—
If more than one case of infectious disease occurs in a class that
room is sprayed with Formalin and thoroughly cleaned afterwards.
Cases notified are at once reported to the Head Teacher of the
department affected, all contacts are excluded, and the patient is
not allowed to return to school until I have quite satisfied myself
that he is free from infection.
FOOD.
milk.
There are some 483 cows in Enfield, owned by 23 cowkeepers,
and I am pleased to be able to make a favourable report this year
of the way in which the dairy business is conducted. The improvement
previously noted has been maintained, more especially in the
retail milk shops, but I could wish some of ihe dairy farmers would
appreciate still more the benefit of cleanliness.
The cows are inspected bi-annually by Mr. H. H. Hide,
M R.C.V.S., the Veterinary Surgeon appointed by the Council, and
I append copies of his two reports for the year, which are very
satisfactory, and tend to shew that the Enfield dairy-farmer is fully
alive to the danger of keeping tuberculous cows on his premises.
COPY. Holly House,
Lower Edmonton.
April 25th, 1914.
Dear Sir,
I beg to report that I have completed the inspection of the
whole of the milch cows in the district, as shown in the accompanying
list.
I found the usual percentage of cases of induration of the
udder, and, where necessary, made a bacteriological examination of
the milk for the purpose of discovering the Tubercle bacillus, in the
absence of which it cannot be stated that the organ is tuberculous,
but in none of them was the bacillus present. The induration in
most of the cases resulted from previous attacks of Mammitis.
I noticed there were fewer cases of emaciation than on
previous visits. This I think is probably due to the working of the
Tuberculosis Order which discourages the retention of animals
until they reach that stage. There were a few cows affected with