[Report 1971] / School Medical Officer of Health, West Suffolk County Council.

  • West Suffolk (England). County Council.
Date:
1971
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Credit: [Report 1971] / School Medical Officer of Health, West Suffolk County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD Milk Supply. The sampling of milk for all those services for which the County Council is responsible is carried out, under the supervision of the County Medical Officer of Health, by Mr. D. Thompson, the Chief Sampling Officer and Chief Inspector of Weights and Measures, and his staff. The following samples were taken:— NUMBER OF SAMPLES TAKEN PHOSPHATASE TEST METHYLENE BLUE TEST FAILED BOTH TESTS Passed Failed Passed Failed Not Tested 42 42 — 39 1 2 — Dairies, other than Pasteurising Plants. It is the further responsibility of the County Council as Food and Drugs Authority to inspect and sample at dairies other than pasteurising plants. The number of premises for which licences were issued at the end of the year: — Dealers’ (Pre-packed milk) Licences 170 Dealers’ (Pasteurised) Licences 1 Dealers’ (Untreated) Licences 1 The following tests were made: — PASSED FAILED INVALID OR NOT TESTED TOTAL Untreated: Methylene Blue Pasteurised: 7 2 — 9 Phosphatase 274 1 — 275 Methylene Blue Sterilised: 237 17 21 275 Turbidity 2 — — 2 Ultra Heat Treated 7 7 Appropriate action was taken where the results were unsatisfactory. Sale of Infected Milk. Eleven samples were taken from sellers of untreated milk for biological tests. All were free from infection. Milk in Schools. On a day in September in maintained schools 6,371 took milk out of the 7,006 children present - some 90%. Of the 266 children in other schools 250 (94%) took milk.