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There are about 215 milch-cows in the District; all
these cows are habitually grazed out except during very
severe weather in the winter.
All Cowsheds and Dairies have been inspected at
frequent intervals. There has been one Dairy added to tlie
register during the year. The Veterinary Surgeon has
examined all the cows twice during the year, he found that
12 cows showed suspicious symptoms of Tuberculosis and
applied the Tuberculin Test to these, and three failed to
pass the test. The owners of these three cows were served
with the notice to discontinue selling the milk from them.
A supply of pure, clean milk is absolutely essential to
the health of the community. Milk that is not kept clean
is one of the chief agents in producing fatal diarrhoea in
young children.
Tubercular disease in children is largely produced bv
tuberculous milk.
A pure milk supply can only be obtained by a
systematic and frequent inspection of the conditions under
which it passes from what I may call its source, i.e., the
cow to the consumer.
I divide these conditions into the following:—
i. Condition of the Cows.
ii. Condition of the Cowsheds.
iii. Methods of Milking.
iv. Condition of the Dairies, receptacles and utensils.