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deal of doubt in some minds as to what Medical Inspection
should consist of. There has been a marked absence of
measles during the past year.
The provision of contact beds to complete the scheme at
the sewage works has been proceeded with and is now nearly
complete. When these are completed and the other
modifications of the works finished, there should be a largely
diminished cause for the complaints received during the year
of smells and other nuisances.
I have included a special report on the Milk Supply of
the district, which gives some interesting particulars. Taken
as a whole the result must be considered disappointing, though
probally no worse than the usual milk supply of a district.
The chemical analysis gives 12 percent. of the milks examined
as being below the by no means high standard of the Board
of Agriculture.
With regard to the Bacteriological examination it is
difficult to compare the milks as there is no definite standard
authoritatively laid down. All the milks were more or less
polluted, and 80 per cent. shewed signs of manurial
defilement.
The sample that gave the best analysis came from a
cowshed situated within the district, but taken generally the
samples show the necessity for some more general and complete
control of the milk supply than obtains at present.
Dr. Thresh in is letter says:—
"The only means of prevention by a Public Authority
would be (a) frequent Veterinary Inspection of
Cows, (b) byelaws, properly enforced, to secure