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Ao~il 2~th. t94~. Records kept by the milk insoector relating to the examination of milk ~amoles were not comolete. These records, such a~s bacteria counts, butter fat contents, tem- perature of milk ~s~hatase tests, etc., were secured from the records kept in the laboratory~ It is considered essential that records supplied bY the laboratory to the milk inspector be kept accurate and complete in order that he may instigate ~orrective measures whenever laboratory findings indicate poor meth~'ds are being employed at dairies and pasteuriz- ing plant s~ In the writer's opinion reports from the laboratory on milk samples are not being used by the milk inspector to the best advantage. A comparison of recent insoections made by the local milk inspector and' those made by the writer in making this study ~eveal that the local milk inspector is careless or incompetent. This statement applies particularly to inspections of pasteurizing plants. The v~iter accompanied by Nr. I. Ac Beard, Milk Inspector of the Portsmouth Health Department and Mr. A. So~albot of the local health department made inspections of dairy farms and eight oamteurizing plants. An inspection.of 3~ dairy farms selected at random was considered a sufficient number to give a comprehensive picture of the 6~ dairy~farms sup - plying milk to the eight oasteurizing plants distributing milk tn Port~mouth. Eight dairy farms produce approximately 1,1~5 gallons of milk daily for pasteurization by the following pasteurizing plants; Pine Grove, Bennetts Creek~ Cumberland ~arms, W. Bo Marshall and Lowe~s Dairy. Theremaining 56 dairy farms deliver t.heir milk to rosedall and Birtcherds pasteurizing plants located~n Norfolk. All~of the ~1~ local dairy farms on the Portsmouthand Norfolk milk sh~ds have been classified by the local health departments of Portsmouthamd N~orfolk as Grade A dairies. In the writer's opin$on three of the smaller dairies inspecte8 should not have been classed as Grade A dairies. Of the eight pasteurizing plante which are the only. distributors of milk inPortsmouth, seven have been classed as Grade A plants; one (~!~estmoreland Dairy) has been classed as a Grade C plant. The writer concurs in the classification of these plants. At the present time the eight dairy farm~ supplying milk to five pasteur- izing plants located on the Portsmouth side of the.Elizabeth River and which distribute milk only in Portsmouth and vicinity are regularly inspected by th~ Portsmouth Milk Inspector. The remaining 56 dairy farms supplying milk to Ro~edale, Birtcherds and Westmoreland.pasteurizing plan~s located on the Norfolk mide of the Elizabeth River and which distribute milk in Norfolk and Portsmouth are inspected regularly by the Norfolk milk inspectors and occasionally by the Portsmouth inspectors. The five pasteurizing plants located on the Portsmouth side of the Eliza- beth River and which distribute milk ohly in Portsmouth and vicinity are inspected regularly by the Portsmouth milk inspector. The three pasteurizing plants located on the Norfolk side of the Elizabeth River and which distribute milk i~n Norfolk and Portsmouth~e inspected regularly by the Norfolk milk inspectors snd occasionally by the Portsmouth Nilk Inspector. The study also revealed that for the past few years there has been a tre - mendous increase in demand for milk in the entire Hamoton Roads area. This condition has nec - essitat~d supplementing the local supply by importing milk from neighboring milk sheds. The quantity of this imoorted milk has varied from time to time. Practically every distributor has used some of this milk~ mainly to supply the Army and Navy. A large majority of the milk produced by dairies on the local milk shed has been distributed to the civilian population. The sanitary status of imported milk is es tablished by information supplied by the U.S. Public Health Service tk~ough the State Depart ment of Health, and frequent laboratory tests on samples collected from milk trucks on arrival at the local pasteurizing plants. The distributors did not have available figures showing the exact amount of milk sold ~n the City of portsm~outh daily, therefaore it is estimated From all available cords that approximately 6~85 galions are being dis-~ributed daily. All milk sold in Portsmou~n is paste~rize~ and of the ~,k85 gallons, 6,1~5 are cl~ssed as Gra~e A, and only 300 gallons as Grade C. The follov~ng table shows approximate amount of milk distributed daily in Portsmouth snd vicinity by each pasteurizing plant, milk sold to Army and Navy not included. The table also shows bacteria counts, butter fat and phosphatase tests and grades of milk s~ld: Approx. Number gallons sold Bacteria Butter Fat Phospha Grade daily Counts Tests rase Test Sold BennettsbCreek Dairy Birtcherd's Dair~ Oumbe_ lanm Farms Lowes Dairy 1.,000 250,000 ~.1% 1,ooo !,000 4~1% 700 17 ooo 3,9% 3s, ooo 3.9 l~,OOO 300 1,100 1~000 4,500 ~, ~00 Satisfactory A ~ A " A " A " A " A " A " A " A " A " A " A ~ A '~ A ~ A " A " A