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(3) Scotland.
(Extracted from the fourth annual report of the Department of Health
for Scotland.)
Number of licences in force
on the 31st December.
Year.
Number of cows owned
Particulars of the number of licences held for the production or bottling of graded milks in England and Wales and Scotland. (Abstracted from the fourteenth annual report of the Ministry of Health.) (1) England.
Certified milk.
Grade A "T.T." milk.
by licensees.
Estimated annual yield in gallons.
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
$9355
44
52
64
67
87
888
50
56
76
77
98
Number of licences in force on the
31st March.
5,800 5,992 7,492
3,800,000 4,700,000
Type of licence.
1931.
1932.
1933.
Principal licences:
Certified milk
165
188
208
Grade A (tuberculin tested) milk
195
212
207
including licensees who bottle milk
at the farm
44
60
65
Grade A milk
547
620
641
Pasteurised milk
209
234
281
Bottling licences (for premises other
than farms):
Grade A (tuberculin tested) milk
159
207
236
Grade A milk
321
367
399
Type of licence.
(2) Wales.
Number of licences in force on the 31st March.
1931.
** 239
1932.
1933.
0018 N
8
* 221
45
51
24
31
14
Principal licences:
Certified milk
Grade A (tuberculin tested) milk
43
including licensees who bottle milk
at the farm
20
Grade A milk
35
Pasteurised milk
10
Bottling licences (for premises other
than farms):
Grade A (tuberculin tested) milk
43
49
Grade A milk
7
32
$215
52
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APPENDIX 10.
Certain particulars of legislation relating to cattle diseases and the milk supply in countries overseas.
1. THOUGH there are many interesting points of resemblance and of contrast in the legislation relating to milk and to diseases of cattle in different countries, it is unnecessary to enter into these in any detail. Much of such legislation, however it may diverge in certain particulars from that in force in this country, is based on comparable principles, and may be reviewed in general terms.
2. A typical milk code first lays down a definition of what may be sold under the name of milk or as one of the products of milk. This definition may be in terms of specific chemical and physical properties, or in terms of the treatment to which the milk, or milk product, may be subjected, or may require that milk should qualify in both respects. Next, the registration of distributors and, perhaps, of producers of milk is likely to be required. Standards of hygienic conduct are also set up both for the milking of cows and the subsequent handling of milk, and regulations are made regarding the sanitary conditions of buildings in which milk is produced, stored or handled. Finally, the consumption or sale of milk from cows infected with certain diseases is prohibited, and the employment of men, who are suffering. from, or have been in contact with, certain human diseases in positions in which there is a danger that they may contaminate milk, is also prohibited. Similarly, the regulations made in connection with the diseases of animals have
common. many provisions in
They normally provide for the notification, through the appropriate administrative channels, of certain diseases, and for the application of measures for the control of disease, which are generally included the isolation of animals exposed to among infection, the control of the movement of animals in infected areas, the slaughter of infected animals and, in some cases, the inoculation or treat- ment of infected animals and of animals exposed to infection.
3. Of more importance for our purpose are certain schemes relating to such subjects as the clinical examination of cattle, the reduction of bovine tuberculosis, and the grading and treatment of milk, which have no exact counterpart in Great Britain. In the following paragraphs we briefly review some of the more important of such schemes.
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