Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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TABLE B.
" NURSERY MILKS."
The Results of the Bacteriological Examinations.
Consecutive No. | Inspector's Numbering. | Volume of apparent filth per million. | Nature of Milk. | The degree of acidity per cent. | Number of living micro-organisms per c.c. on gelatine at 20 deg. c. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 NM | 200 | Fair number of pus cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .216 | 1,000,000 |
2 | 2 NM | 300 | „ „ | .252 | 6,000,000 |
3 | 3 NM | 400 | No pus cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .208 | 5,420,000 |
4 | 4 NM | 300 | „ „ | .260 | 4,800,000 |
5 | 5 NM | 300 | Fair number of pus cells, some streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .220 | 600,000,000 |
6 | 6 NM | 200 | „ „ | .220 | 500,000,000 |
7 | 7 NM | 200 | Few pus cells, some streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .208 | 212,000,000 |
8 | 8 NM | 600 | Many pus cells, some streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .216 | 752,000,000 |
9 | 9 NM | 400 | Few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .208 | 70,400 |
10 | 10 NM | 200 | No pus cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .200 | 16,000 |
11 | 11 NM | 200 | „ „ | .236 | 11,400 |
12 | 12 NM | 100 | No pus cells, some streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .264 | 160,000,000 |
13 | 13 N M | 100 | No pus cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .200 | 3,200,000 |
14 | 14 NM | 200 | Few pus cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .212 | 300,000 |
15 | 15 NM | 300 | „ „ | .192 | 100,000,000 |
16 | 16 NM | trace | No pus cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .228 | 4,800,000 |
17 | 17 NM | 600 | „ „ | .280 | 2,000,000 |
18 | 18 NM | 200 | Fair number of pus cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli | .256 | 16,000,000 |