[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover Borough.

  • Andover (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ■7 -16- I c . % Affected carcases and offal are dealt with after consultation with the Area Technical Advisor and removed to Southampton for cold storage for a period of 21 days at a temperature not exceeding 20°F after which the meat is released for human consumption. It would appear that cysticercus bovis infestation of cattle is on the increase in this country and the matter will be dealt with more fully in the report for 1949 in the light of further exp eri enc e. Reports and Onerat ions. All cases of generalised tuberculosis in cattle, congenital tuberculosis in calves and cystic infestation in all class of animal are reported to the Medical Officer and the Divisional Veterinary Officer of the County concerned. Thirty-five cases of generalised tuberculosis were reported during the year. Eight cases of Cysticercus Bovis and one case of congenital tuberculosis in a calf was notified during the year. The veterinary profession should make more use of the valuable information available at the slaughterhouse regarding the diseases of animals. The serious loss of liver by reason of fluke (DIstoma Hepaticum) is a matter for attention, eight hundred and eighty-seven being condemned during 1948. Slaughtering of Animals Act, 1933, The above Act provides for the humane and scientific slaughter of animals, the licensing of slaughtermen and f :r purposes connected therewith. The Sanitary Inspectors of the Council are the duly appointed enforcement officers for the purposes of the Act, and slaughtermen’s licences are granted by the Council only after receiving a satisfactory report from these officers who are able to observe the slaughtering of animals whilst engaged in meat inspection duties at the slaughterhouses and the inspection of knackers yards. Nine applications for licences were granted for a period of 12 months in each case. Action regarding contravention of the provisions of the Act was not found necessary during the year. Kna c ke r s' Yards. There is one knacker's yard within the Bor ugh situated at Andover Down and licensed under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, for periods of six months. These premises are also licensed by the Ministry of Food under the Knacker’s Yard Order, 1948, which came into force on the 19th December 1948. Byelaws made under Section 53 of the Food -and Drugs Act, 1938, are in force within the Borough requiring the person licensed to keep and produce when required, records of animals brought into the Yard and of the manner in which those animals and the different parts thereof were disposed of. The colouring of meat with a vegetable dye is enforced under the provisions of the Livestock (Restrictions of Slaughtering)(No.2) Order, 1940. The Sanitary Inspectors of the Council are enforcement officers under the Order and in view of the legislation available for control by the Local authority it would appear that the Knacker’s Yard Order, 1948, merely clauses overlapping and confusion. *