London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
This page requires JavaScript
66
places and vessels in which milk is drawn, stored, and sold, and also as to
the habits and methods of employees engaged in handling the Cows and the milk,
particularly as to cleansing the udders and teats of the Cows, and the hands and
pails of the milkers, before milking.
I am, &c.,
John F. J. J. Stkes,
Medical Officer of Health
APPENDIX.
Summary of reports upon the microscopical and bacteriological examination of fifty samples of Milk purchased in St. Pancras during 1899 :—
| 16 | |
| (b) Dirty | 3 |
| (c) Excessive number of microbes | 8 |
| (d) Excessive number of leucocytes | 6 |
| 12 | |
| 5 | |
| 50 |
J. F. J. S.