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Pasteurisation and Milk-Borne Diseases.
(Extract from "Public Health January, 1935.)
According to a recent report of the United States Public Health
Service, 41 outbreaks of milk-borne disease were reported in the
United States in 1533.
In not a single outbreak had the milk been pasteurised.
Milk-borne outbreaks of disease were of frequent occurrence
in New York City twenty to thirty years ago. Since compulsory
pasteurisation of the milk supply has been enforced, not a single
milk-borne outbreak has occurred.
(b) Meat and other Foods.
A total of 386 visits were paid to slaughterhouses. The
following were condemned and destroved:—
(a) Tuberculosis.
66 Ox Lungs.
52 Ox Hearts.
21 Ox Skirts.
6 Ox Livers.
11 Ox Fats.
9 Ox Heads.
4 Ox Tripes.
2 Forequarters Beef.
3 Clods Beef.
1 Cow's Skirt.
2 Loins Beef.
1 Rump Beef.
1 Thick Flank Beef.
3 Cow Carcases and all Organs.
7 Pig
35 Pigs' Fats.
24 Pigs' Heads.
7 Pigs' Plucks.
2 Pigs' Livers.
1 Leg Pork.
2 Loins Pork.
(b) Other Reasons.
32 Ox Livers.
10 Ox Tripes.
3 Ox Kidneys.
1 Ox Spleen.
1 Flank Beef.
Top Ribs Beef.
1 Calf's Liver.
1 Calf's Pluck.
4 Cows' Tripes.
1 Cow's Udder.
52 Sheep's Livers.
10-lb. Tin Sheep's Livers.
4 Sheep's Lungs.
5 Sheep's Plucks.
3 Necks Mutton.
4 Breasts Mutton.
1 Saddle Mutton.
3 Legs Mutton.
31 Pigs' Livers.
8 Pigs' Plucks.
2 Pigs' Spleens.
2 Legs Pork.
4 Loins Pork.
1 Cow Carcase and all Organs.
4 Sheep Carcases and all
Organs.
4 Pig Carcases and all Organs.
40 Rabbits.
3 Fowls.
1 Catfish.
1 Box Dabs.
1 Halibut (140lbs.).
6 Stones Monkfish.
5 stones Skate.
5 stones Hake.
1 trunk Cod.
2 sacks Winkles.
1 basket Shrimps.
1 barrel Crabs.
6,755 tins Cream.
6 boxes Tomatoes.
32 boats Black Currants.
500 lbs. Canadian Apple Rings.
22 rolls Celery.