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The Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915.
The Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
REPORT OF VETERINARY OFFICER.
All cattle in cowsheds in the Borough are submitted to
periodical examinations, and the general hygienic conditions
appertaining to the production of milk are supervised.
It may be said that, where efforts are made to enforce the
standard of production as provided by the above legislation, the
milk approximates to the standard of Grade "A" Milk, and were
these enactments enforced throughout the country one might
reasonably ask that the standard as laid down for Grade "A"
Milk should be required of all milk produced—since the standard
is not difficult to attain.
Only one cowkeeper in this area has become licensed to
produce Grade "A" Milk; he has, however, by gradual additions
to his dairy equipment and improved methods of production,
made commendable efforts to produce milk of consistently high
quality.
During the year under review (331 cattle were examined
when several cases of disease were noted, the animals isolated,
and their milk discarded until possibility of contamination of the
milk supply had ceased. Several cases of indurated udders were
also detected and, where necessary, samples of milk taken for
bacteriological examination, but in no case was tubercular infection
found.
An unsatisfactory sample of milk said to have been produced
in West Ham, having been taken by another authority, a special
visit was paid to the cowshed in question, when a thorough examination
of all the cattle was carried out in conjunction with the
Veterinary Officer of the complaining authoritv, and samples of
milk were taken for examination, but no undesirable condition
was found to exist contrary to regulations.
Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894—1927.
Tuberculosis Orders of 1925.
REPORT OF VETERINARY OFFICER.
The above Order provides for the notification of certain
forms of tuberculosis in cattle by owners and veterinary surgeons,
and has for its object the elimination of cattle which are suffering
with tuberculosis in such a manner that the milk supply is rendered
dangerous or that tubercle bacilli are being liberated to such
a degree that there is danger of the disease spreading to other
animals. Very many cattle are tubercular in a manner which does
not render them of immediate danger to human or animal health,
and such animals do not come within the scope of the Order.
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