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Croydon 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: The following table summarises the results of the bacteriological examination of ordinary milk samples, taken under the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act. 1915, from 1st January to 31st December, 1940.

The following table summarises the results of the bacteriological examination of ordinary milk samples, taken under the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act. 1915, from 1st January to 31st December, 1940.

PresentAbsent.Over 100,000 per m.l.Under 100,000 per m.l.PresentAbsentPresentAbsentExceeding a trace.Not exceeding a trace.Satisfied.Not satisfied.
Tubercle bacillus1208
Total no. of bacteria50159
Blood.-209
Pus209
Detritus209
Methylene Blue Test.17534
120850159-20920920917534

Table: The 209 samples taken under the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation)Act, 1915, were samples of milk which had been produced in the following areas:-

The 209 samples taken under the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation)Act, 1915, were samples of milk which had been produced in the following areas:-

No. obtained.No. tuberculous.
Croydon6-
Kent.--
Surrey--
Sussex31
x Unclassified200—

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X
These samples could not be classified owing to the
fact that it was mixed milk of large dairy firms or
wholesale purveyors of milk, who obtain their milk
from practically all the areas mentioned in the
above table.
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