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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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64.
Table VII.
| Date of Sampling, 1920. | No. of Specimen. | b. Coli per ccm. | Spore-bearing Anaerobes present. | Colonies growing at 37 deg. C. per ccm. | Colonies growing at 22 deg. C. per ccm. | Streptococci per ccm. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar. 2nd | 15 | 10,000,000 | Present in 10 ccm. | Innumerable | Innumerable | Innumerable |
| „ | 16 | 1,000,000 | Present in 5 ccm. | 3,000,000 | Do. | Do. |
| Mar. 9th | 20 | 1,000 | Absent in 50 ccm. | 10,000 | Do. | 5,000 |
| „ | 21 | 1,000,000 | Present in 5 ccm. | Innumerable | Do. | Innumerable |
| „ | 22 | 1,000 | Absent in 50 ccm. | 28,000 | Do. | 16,000 |
| „ | 24 | 10,000 | Do. | 26,000 | Do. | 8,000 |
| Mar. 16 th | 29 | 1,000,000 | Present in 5 ccm. | Innumerable | Do. | Innumerable |
| „ | 30 | 10,000,000 | Do. | Do. | Do. | Do. |
| „ | 31 | 10,000 | Absent in 50 ccm. | 21,000 | 14,000 | 6,000 |
| Mar. 23rd | 33 | 1,000,000 | Present in 10 ccm. | 1,260,000 | 520,000 | 100,000 |
| „ | 34 | 1,000,000 | Do. | 2,030,000 | Innumerable | 81,0,000 |
| „ | 35 | 1,000,000 | Do. | 3,040,000 | 4,800,000 | 2,000,000 |
| „ | 36 | 1,000,000 | Do. | 2,100,000 | Innumerable | 500,000 |
| „ | 37 | 100,000 | Present in 25 ccm. | 270,000 | 240,000 | 80,000 |
| April 13th | 41 | 1,000,000 | Present in 1 ccm. | 5,000,000 | Innumerable | 2,400,000 |
| „ | 42 | 1,000,000 | Do. | Innumerable | Do. | Innumerable |
| „ | 43 | 1,000,000 | Do. | Do. | Do. | Do. |
| „ | 44 | 1,000,000 | Present in 10 ccm. | Do. | Do. | Do. |
| „ | 45 | 10,000 | Do. | 50,000 | Do. | 10,000 |
| „ | 46 | 1,000,000 | Absent in 50 ccm. | 2,400,000 | Do. | 1,000,000 |
| „ | 47 | 1,000,000 | Present in 10 ccm. | 3,200,000 | Do. | 800,000 |
| „ | 48 | 1,000,000 | Present in 25 ccm. | 1,800,000 | Do. | 20,000 |
| April 20th | 49 | 10,000 | Present in 10 ccm. | 52,000 | 3,000,000 | 14,000 |
| „ | 50 | 100,000 | Do. | 112,000 | Innumerable | 10,000 |
Tubercle bacilli of bovine origin were found in specimen 21.
Specimens 16, 21, 22, 29, 31, and 42 were taken from retail dairy shops, though
several of them might well be described as general shops.
Specimens 15, 24, 30, 34, 37, 41, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49 and 50 were obtained from general
shops.
Specimens 20, 33, 35, 36, 43 and 45 were taken from sellers in the street.