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Every house becoming vacant on the Corporation
Estates is carefully inspected before reletting. In this way
a number were found to be affected, to a varying degree
and dealt with.
Advice has also been given to a number of house
owners, and several houses have been treated by outside
contractors without notice from my department. HCN is
known to have been used in two or three cases.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS.
Only one cowshed is now in use in the district. This
is in a very poor condition structurally, but is not, however,
used for cows in milk.
Nearly all the milk is pasteurised before delivery to
the consumer but is not sold labelled as such.
During the year the following licences were issued
under the Milk (Special Designations) Orders
Dealers.
Tuberculin tested 8
Pasteurised 8
Pasteurisers licences 1
Supplementary.
Tuberculin tested 5
Pasteurised 3
Seven samples of milk were submitted for examination
and in six instances they were also examined for the
presence of tubercle bacilli (animal experiment).
In one instance a high count was recorded. This was
immediately followed up.
In the tests for the presence of tubercle bacilli negative
results were returned in each case.
Nine samples were submitted of milk pasteurised
locally and in six satisfactory results were obtained.