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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
St Pancras 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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TABLE A.
The Prick and Source of the Specimens.
| Consecutive No. | Inspector's Numbering. | Price paid for ½ pint. | How served. (The remarks were all made after the purchases were completed.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 B | Served from milk-pail in house. | |
| 1 | |||
| 2 | 2 B | 1¼ | Served from a counter-pan |
| 3 | 3 B | 1 | Served from a small hand can and not from the counter-pan. " Same as the other milk." |
| 4 | 4 B | 1 | Served from pail behind counter. |
| 5 | 5 B | 1 | Served from a counter-pan. " Same milk, no different to the other." |
| 6 | 6 B | 1 | Served from churn in shop. |
| 7 | 7 B | 1 | Served from the back. |
| 8 | 8B | 1 | Served from the hand can in the shop. " Ordinary milk," but sold as Nursery Milk. |
| 9 | 9 B | 1 | Served from the counter-pan. |
| 10 | 10 B | 1 | Served from the counter-pan. |
| 11 | 11 B | 1 | Served from band can in shop. " Nursery Milk" on the shop window in enamel letters. |
| 12 | 12 B | 1 | Fetched from downstairs. "Kept specially in the dairy." |
| 13 | 13 B | 1 | Served from churn in front of the shop. |
| 14 | 14 B | 1 | Served from a churn. |
| 15 | 15 B | 1 | Drawn from a black cross-bred cow direct into sterilized; bottle. |
| 16 | 16 B | 1 | Drawn from a cross-bred shorthorn cow direct into bottle. |
| 17 | 17 B | 1 | Drawn from a red and white cross-bred shorthorn cow direct into the bottle. |