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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

Wandsworth 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Food and Food Premises.
107
321 samples were taken from milk vendors in the street during
the early morning (midnight to 8 a.m.), and of these 13 or 4.04
per cent. were reported against.
The Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936.
The following licences for the sale of designated milks were
granted during the year:—
Tuberculin Tested 50
Accredited —
Pasteurised 48
Total 98
Bacteriological Examination of Milk.
33 samples of milk have been examined at the Lister Institute
of Preventive Medicine for the Phosphatase test for Pasteurised
milk and all of them were reported to have passed the test.

Table: The following samples of Graded Milks procured from schools, hospitals or dairymen, were submitted to the Counties Public Laboratories for bacteriological examination in order to see if the bacterial content was within the prescribed standard for the appropriate grade.

The following samples of Graded Milks procured from schools, hospitals or dairymen, were submitted to the Counties Public Laboratories for bacteriological examination in order to see if the bacterial content was within the prescribed standard for the appropriate grade.

Grade.Schools.Hospitals.Dairymen.Total.
Tuberculin Tested--44
Pasteurised2691651
Total2692055

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All these samples complied with the required standards.
Butter and Margarine.
145 samples of butter were submitted for analysis during the
year. One sample was reported to contain a Boron preservative.
Further samples were procured which proved genuine. The
remaining 144 samples were reported to be genuine.