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taken on arrival in Wembley and tested for sediment. In all
cases where the sample has been unsatisfactory, the attention
of the Public Health Department of the district in which the
milk had been produced has been drawn to the matter, and the
filter pads sent for inspection. The inspectors of the districts
concerned have visited the farms from which unsatisfactory
samples had been produced and in a number of instances
defects have been found in the methods of production.
It is pleasing to be able to report that as a result of this
co-operation with inspectors of other local authorities, there
has been a marked improvement in the condition of the milk
on its arrival at dairies in this area. This supervision by the
inspectorial staff of the milk sent into the Borough has been
a Public Health measure of considerable value.
MILK AND DAIRIES (CONSOLIDATION) ACT, 1915.
TUBERCULOSIS ORDER, 1925.
The Acting Chief Officer of the Public Control Department
of the Middlesex County Council has kindly supplied the
following particulars of the work carried out during the year
by the County Council under the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation)
Act, 1915, and the Tuberculosis Order, 1925.
During the year 1937, 28 samples of milk were taken from
retailers in the district. The samples were submitted to the
Lister Institute for animal inoculation tests for the presence
of tubercle bacilli, but none of these samples was found to
contain living tubercle bacilli.
Routine examination of milch cattle was carried out during
the year by Mr. Reginald Wooff, M.R.C.V.S., the County
Council's whole-time veterinary inspector, and 430 inspections
of cattle were made. One cow was found to be suffering from
tuberculosis, and was slaughtered under the Tuberculosis Order
1925.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
There is now only one licensed slaughterhouse in the area
and 92 visits of inspection have been made, when carcases and
organs have been examined as set out in the accompanying
table.
There is no meat marking scheme in operation in the
district under Part III of the Public Health (Meat) Regulations
1924, no request having been made by butchers for the marking
of meat.
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