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The children pay 9d. a day, including two meals.
For the children over 2½ years the room is arranged as a Nursery School under the charge of a
teacher who has been trained at the Rachel MacMillan Nursery School.
All the children seemed bright, clean and happy and the Nursery appeared to be well run.
GEORGE F. BUCHAN,
10th February, 1931. Medical Officer of Health.
APPENDIX K.
To the Chairman and Members of the Health Committee.
In accordance with instructions I beg to report on the powers of the Council where a sample
of milk has been found to be tuberculous.
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915.
1. Power to take samples of milk is given under Section 8 of the above Act to the Medical
Officer of Health or any person provided with authority in writing from the Local
Authority. The samples of milk may be taken at any time before it is delivered to the
consumer, but only within the area of the Local Authority unless a special authorisation
to take a sample outside the area is given by the Minister of Health. Samples in
Willesden for purposes of tuberculosis examination are taken from churns at the depots
as received from the farms.
2. When the Sanitary Inspector takes the sample he ascertains the source of supply, i.e.
the farm from which the milk came.
3. A sample of milk so taken is sent to the Lister Institute for examination as to tuberculosis.
4. Under Section 4 of the above Act if tuberculosis is found the Medical Officer of Health
of the County in which the cows from which the milk was obtained are kept is informed
of the fact.
5. It is the duty of the Medical Officer of Health of such county to cause the cattle in the
dairy to be inspected, and to make such other investigations as may be necessary.
The Medical Officer of Health of Willesden has the right to be present at the inspection,
if he so desires, or the Willesden Council may send a qualified veterinary surgeon to
accompany the veterinary surgeon of the county concerned.
6. The County Council concerned must inform the Willesden Council of any reports which
have been made by the County Medical Officer or Veterinary Inspector or otherwise.
The County Council must also give information as to the action which has been taken
on these reports.
Tuberculous Milk from Warwickshire.
The Committee will remember that a particular sample of milk supplied by a farmer in
Warwickshire was found to be tuberculous.
The sample was taken on the 17th April, and tuberculosis was notified to the County Medical
Officer on the 19th May, 1931.
22nd May, 1931.—The County Veterinary Officer inspected the farm. He took 4 samples of
milk from individual cows which he thought might be suffering from tuberculosis, but these individual
samples were negative.
22nd June, 1931.—The County Veterinary Officer divided the farmer's herd of cattle into three
groups, and took a mixed sample of milk from each group. One of these samples from a group of
nine cows proved to be positive ; the samples from the other two groups were negative.
Subsequently the County Veterinary Officer paid another visit to the farm with the view of
sampling individually the nine cows in the positive group, but three cows had been removed by the
farmer, and the remaining six cows were negative to the tuberculosis test.
The following letter, dated 20th October, 1931, has been received from the Medical Officer
of Health of Warwickshire relative to this matter:—
"In reply to yours of the 8th instant, the Clerk of the Council communicated with
Mr. Cottrell on 1st August, 1931, referring in his letter to the animal he disposed of at the
cattle market on the 22nd July, and which Mr. Cottrell admitted had shown signs of losing
flesh and had developed a cough, and drew attention to his responsibility under the Tuberculosis
Order.