Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1937
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For Bacteriological Examination.
Milk, undesignated 4 | 4 |
Tuberculin Tested Milk | 91 |
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk | 5 |
Tuberculin Tested (Certified) Milk | 1 |
Pasteurised Milk (from schools) | 53 |
Pasteurised Milk (other than from schools) | 47 |
For tubercle bacilli | 6 |
For brucella abortus | 4 |
For bacteria of typhoid group | 1 |
212 |
1. Bacterial Count.
Up to 100 per 1 c.c. | 3 |
Over 100 to 500 per 1 c.c. | 11 |
Over 500 to 1,000 per 1 c.c. | 2 |
Over 1,000 to 5,000 per 1 c.c. | 20 |
Over 5,000 to 10,000 per 1 c.c. | 15 |
Over 10,000 to 50,000 per 1 c.c. | 30 |
Over 50,000 to 100,000 per 1 c.c. | 24 |
Over 100,000 to 200,000 per 1 c.c. | 0 |
Over 200,000 to 400,000 per 1 c.c | 6 |
Over 400,000 to 600,000 per 1 c.c. | 4 |
Over 600,000 to 1,000,000 per 1 c.c. | 1 |
Over 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 per 1 c.c. | 2 |
Over 2,000,000 | 7 |
Impossible to count | 9 |
Spoilt culture—overgrown | 1 |
145 |
ICE CREAM.
One hundred and fifty-eight samples of ice cream have been
examined with the following results:—