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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1940
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1940
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ICE CREAM. Seventy-eight samples of ice cream have been examined with the following results :—
| 1. Bacterial Count. | |
| Up to 500 per 1 c.c. | 3 |
| Over 500 to 1,000 per 1 c.c. | 1 |
| Over 1,000 to 5,000 per 1 c.c. | 7 |
| Over 5,000 to 10,000 per 1 c.c. | 6 |
| Over 10,000 to 50,000 per 1 c.c. | 25 |
| Over 50,000 to 100,000 per 1 c.c. | 15 |
| Over 100,000 to 200,000 per 1 c.c. | 6 |
| Over 200,000 to 1,000,000 per 1 c.c. | 1 |
| Over 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 | 2 |
| "More than five million" | 5 |
| 71 | |
| 2. Presence of B. Coli. | |
| B. Coli present in 1 c.c., 1/10th c.c., and 1/100th c.c. | 26 |
| B. Coli present in 1 c.c., and 1 1/10th c.c. | 4 |
| B. Coli present in 1 c.c. | 3 |
| B. Coli absent in 1 c.c., 1/10th c.c., and 1/100th c.c. | 38 |
| 71 | |
| 3. Chemical Analysis. | |
| Fat 1.75 per cent. | 1 |
| Fat 3.03 per cent. | 1 |
| Fat 3.80 per cent. | 1 |
| Fat 6.35 per cent. | 1 |
| Fat 7.09 per cent. | 1 |
| Fat 8.84 per cent. | 1 |
| 6 | |
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933.
Thirty-eight premises were entered on the Council's list for
the year under report.
As a result of informal samples being purchased, it was found
that two contraventions of the Act occurred, poisons being sold
wrongly by listed vendors. A warning was given in both cases.