[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough.

  • Chesterfield (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to the extent of 20%. Legal proceedings were instituted against the manufacturer in the case of the latter sample, and the Borough Justices imposed a fine of £10. Legal proceedings were brought against a retailer under Section 3 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, in resp)ect of a foreign body—namely, a spent match—found in a chocolate Swiss roll sold to a consumer. The retailer, in pleading “Not Guilty”, exer- cised the right to bring before the Court the makers of the product, who in turn pleaded “Guilty” to the offence, and the Justices imposed a fine of £3 7s. 6d., including costs. The finding of a beetle in a cherry cake by a consumer resulted in legal proceedings being taken against the vendor of the cake. In this case also, the vendor brou^t before the Court the baker of the cake as being the person responsible for the offence. The Justices dismissed the charge against the vendor and, in finding the case proven against the baker, imposed a fine of £1 Os. Od., together with costs amounting to £4 2s. Od. Milks Tested for Tubercle Bacilli. Whilst it is not pyossible to give any accurate details as to the rate of progress of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Attested Herds and Tuberculin Tested Herd Schemes in the Borough and the surrounding area, it is known that some progress has been made and that ffiere has been a small diminution of production of ungraded milk during the year. Assuming that the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries are taking frequent samples of milk from designated herds for biological examination, the Health Department has concentrated its attention on the milk from non-supervised herds, and thirty-seven bulk samples have been taken from that number of herds during the year. Positive results were returned by the County Bacteriologist in two of the samples submitted, one being from the mixed milk of a herd of seventeen cows, and the second from a herd of ten cows. Following these results, immediate steps were taken to restrict the sale of the infected milk from these herds, and notices were served prohibiting the sale of the milk except after heat treatment, pending the isolation of the infected cattle. The Animal Health Division of the Ministry of Agricuture and Fisheries was immedately notified and, following their inspec- tion, infected cows were located in each herd and these were slaughtered under the Tuberculosis Order. With the removal of the infected cattle, the restrictions imposed on the milk supplies were withdrawn and a small amount of comi>ensation was subse- quently paid to the producers for loss incurred in their compliance. Ice Cream, Since the Ice Cream (Heat Treatment) Regulations became fully operative in March, 1951, there has been a decrease in the