[Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough.

  • Chesterfield (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1932
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Credit: [Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Flanking either side the main entrance gates to the yard on the south, are arranged the Hide Store and other subsidiary rooms. All the main glazing of windows and roof lights— except in certain subsidiary rooms—is in Calorex tinted glass. Stunning pens are being provided in both Beast and Pig Slaughter Halls, and while in the former the Captive Bolt Pistol will be used, the pigs will also be humanely stunned by means of electrical patent appliances known as the “ Electrolethaler,” by means of which a pair of tongs placed on either side of the pig’s head transmits a weak electric current sufficient to render complete and painless unconsciousness. While the buildings are planned to amply cover present requirements, provision has been made for future extension if required. It is anticipated that the building will be completed in June, 1933. In connection with the existing slaughter-houses, 4,531 visits were paid during the year in addition to 230 visits to butchers’ shops, the stalls in the open weekly Market being regularly inspected. The total weight of all foods destroyed as unfit for human consumption was over 29 tons. Of the 4,861 beasts inspected, 10.9 per cent, were found to be infected with Tuberculosis to a greater or lesser extent, while in the case of 8,917 pigs, the same disease percentage was found to be 7.4. During the year, legal proceedings were taken against three persons exposing for sale or being in possession of unsound meat, there being four offences in connection with the three defendants. The Magistrates found the cases proved and the fines imposed amounted to £40. Sale of Food and Drugs Act and Preservatives in Food Regulations. During the year 224 samples of food were submitted to the Public Analyst, 165 of these being milk. The number of milk samples found to be below the standard laid down by the Sale of Milk Regulations was 26, equal to a percentage of 15.7. This number included three secondary samples, so that in the case of primary samples only, the number of milks below standard was equal to 13.9 per cent. Legal proceedings were taken as a result of a sample of milk purchased from a Borough retailer which, in the opinion of the Public Analyst, contained 34.2 parts of added water. By the co-operation of the Derbyshire County ^ Council a .sample of the milk supplied by the producer to this particular retailer was taken at the time of delivery at Appendix 37.