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The unsatisfactory sample was reported to the Health Committee and in consequence a warning
letter was sent to the firm from whom the sample was taken. Subsequent samples taken from the
same firm proved satisfactory.
Forty-eight samples of milk were taken during the year for examination for the presence of
tubercle bacilli under the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915.
Four samples (Nos. 0/459, 0/473, 0/476 and 0/482, representing 8.3 per cent, of the total number
sampled, were found to contain tubercle bacilli, and action was taken resulting in an examination of
the herds at the supplying farms situate in the counties of Buckingham (2), Derby and Hertford.
The other 44 samples showed no evidence of tuberculosis.
The following are particulars of the positive samples :—
0/459.—Two samples from individual cows taken were found to be tuberculous and the cows
were slaughtered.
0/473.—A sample from an individual cow proved positive and the animal was slaughtered.
0/476.—One cow found affected with tuberculosis of the udder was slaughtered under the
Tuberculosis Order.
0/482.—One cow was slaughtered ; post-mortem examination showed advanced tuberculosis of
the udder.
Meat Inspection.—The Inspectors visit the slaughter-houses at the times set apart for
slaughtering and examine the carcases and organs for evidence of disease. Shops and stalls are also
kept under close observation.

Inspection and Supervision of Other Foods.—Inspections were made of all the bake-
houses and other premises in the district where food is prepared.
The 60 bakehouses in the district were inspected on 153 occasions, Notices being served in
17 instances for minor contraventions of the Factory and Workshop Act.