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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

Hornsey 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: Twenty-four samples of milk from roundsmen have been taken and submitted to bacteriological examination. The bacteriologist's reports follow:—

Twenty-four samples of milk from roundsmen have been taken and submitted to bacteriological examination. The bacteriologist's reports follow:—

No. of sample.Bacteria per C.C.Remarks.
1159,000Overcrowded. Dairyman cautioned.
231,000Conforms to standard.
356,566Conforms to standard.
4141,333Overcrowded. Dairyman cautioned.
692,800Conforms to standard.
622,800Conforms to standard.
72,633Very good. Conforms to standard.
830,283Conforms to standard.
911,133Conforms to standard.
101,466Very good. Conforms to standard.
1186,000Conforms to standard.
1211,900Conforms to standard.
1345,300Conforms to standard.
14410,000Overcrowded. Breakdown in machinery alleged. Dairyman cautioned.
1519,200Conforms to standard.
161,100Very good. Conforms to standard.
1728,133Conforms to standard.
182,940,000Overcrowded. Dairyman severely cautioned.
1937,833Conforms to standard.
2021,233Conforms to standard.
21219.000Overcrowded. Dairyman cautioned.
222,050Very good. Conforms to standard.
2318,533Conforms to standard.
2418,700Conforms to standard.

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FOOD INSPECTION.
Six hundred and sixty-five visits have been paid to premises
where food is prepared or sold.
SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
There are 5 licensed slaughter-houses in the Borough to
which 188 visits have been made during the year.

Table: Animals Slaughtered and Examined During 1929

Animals Slaughtered and Examined During 1929

Sheep1,303
Bullocks21
Calf1
1,325