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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
Battersea 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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40
Heat Treated Milk.
Samples of pasteurised and sterilised milk are taken at regular
intervals for submission to the Public Health Laboratory Service for the
prescribed tests, and during the year samples as under were taken with
the results set out:—
Phosphatase
Satisfactory Failed
Methylene Blue
Satisfactory Failed
Pasteurised 45 — 45 —
Turbidity
Satisfactory Failed
Sterilised 37 —
Monthly returns of the samples taken, and of the results of the
examinations, are sent to the Milk Division of the Ministry of Food,
and they are at once notified of any adverse report.
Ice-Cream.
Fifty-nine samples of ice-cream were taken during the year, each
sample being submitted to the methylene blue test.
The samples were, as a result of the test, placed in the following grades:-
| Provisional Grade 1 | 35 |
| „ „ 2 | 17 |
| „ „ 3 | 3 |
| „ „ 4 | 4 |
| 59 |
Where samples of ice-cream made at premises in the Borough
receive unsatisfactory reports, the premises, plant, and methods of
operation are examined, and, where possible, improvements are
suggested.
Milk supplied in Schools and Hospitals.
Samples of milk in course of delivery to Schools and Hospitals
in the Borough are regularly taken, both for chemical analysis and
for submission to the prescribed tests for such milk. The samples are
included in the general totals given on pages 36, 38 and 40. The
results of the analyses and tests are communicated to the London County
Council or to the appropriate Hospital Management Committee.