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86 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1930.
of adulteration and circumstances of sale, decided not to prosecute
the vendors, but to take further samples.
20 samples of milk were taken on delivery to the various
inst„utions in the Borough all of which were genuine. 13 were
procured in the early morning from wholesale dealers during
delivery to retailers. Five of these were reported against and
proceedings were taken against the vendors, who were ordered
to pay £15 15s. costs. 80 samples were taken on Sundays e„her
in the early morning or at mid-day; all of these were genuine.
549 samples were taken from milk vendors in the street
during the early morning (5 to 7 a.m.) on weekdays, and of
these seven or 1.2 per cent. were reported against.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
The following licences for sale of designated milks were
granted:—
Certified 35
Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) 52
Grade A 6
Pasteurised 19
Bacteriological Examination of Milk.
51 samples of milk were examined for the presence of
Tubercle Bacilli under Section 5 of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment)
Act, 1922. In five cases the examination was incomplete
owing to the failure of the test, and of the 46 remaining cases
10 or 21.7 per cent. contained pos„ive evidence of Tubercle
Bacilli. I communicated these results to the Medical Officers
of Health of the Counties in which the farms supplying the milk
were s„uated. Veterinary examination of the herds was
carried out by the County Author„ies and in several cases
animals affected w„h tuberculosis were discovered and destroyed.
The following samples of Graded, Milks were subm„ted for
bacteriological examination in order to see if the bacterial