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Bottling of Accredited Milk at premises other than at
place of production 5
Pasteurizing Establishments 3
Selling of Pasteurized Milk at premises other than
establishments where pasteurization is carried on 41
(Of these 34 belong to 4 firms, one possessing
16 premises, the next 13, another 3 and
one 2.)
Milk Sampling.
45 samples of certified milk were examined, of which six gave
unsatisfactory counts. The producer supplying the six samples
also had many bad samples last year, but is not now supplying this
area with milk.
44 samples of other milk were taken. Of these one of the two
samples of Grade A. (T.T.), four of the 25 of pasteurized, and one
of the 15 of ordinary milk were unsatisfactory.
Ice Cream Sampling.
13 samples of ice-cream were taken, of which 8 were unsatisfactory.
Most of these were from small producers where the ice
cream is manufactured in private houses. Some improvements
were effected in the methods of production but much remains to
be done.
Milk and Dairies Act, and Tuberculosis Order.
The following is a copy of a report on the working of the Milk
and Dairies Act, 1915, and the Tuberculosis Order, 1925, in this
district:-
"During the year 1936 thirty-seven samples of milk were
taken from retailers in the district. These samples were submitted
to the Lister Institute for animal inoculation tests for the presence
of tubercle bacilli. Two of these samples, one produced in Buckinghamshire
and one in Hertfordshire, were found to contain living
tubercle bacilli, and in each instance the offending animal was discovered
and slaughtered. During 1936 three cows were reported by
owners as suspected to be suffering from tuberculosis and were
slaughtered."
"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; 668 inspections of bovine animals
were made in Harrow. Three cows were found to be suffering from
tuberculosis as defined in the Tuberculosis Order, 1925, and were
slaughtered."