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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

Croydon 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Tuberculin-Tested Pasteurised Milk 41
Pasteurised Milk 191
Sterilised Milk 12

Table: The following table summarises the results of the bacteriological examinations of Tuberculin Tested, Pasteurised and Sterilised milk samples during the year:-

The following table summarises the results of the bacteriological examinations of Tuberculin Tested, Pasteurised and Sterilised milk samples during the year:-

Tuberculin- Tested Pasteurised MilkMethylene Blue TestPhosphatase Test
No. samples TakenNot SatisfiedSatisfiedNot SatisfiedSatisfied
41-41-41
Pasteurised Milk
MethyleneBlue TestPhosphatase Test
No. Samples TakenNot SatisfiedSatisfiedNot SatisfiedSatisfied
191-191-191
Sterilised Milk
No. Samples TakenTurbidity Test
Not SatisfiedSatisfied
12-12

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Bacteriological Examination of Milk Chum and Milk Bottle Rinses
Chum Rinse Samples - 21 Satisfactory - 20
Unsatisfactory - 1
Bottle Rinse Samples - 126 Satisfactory - 107
Unsatisfactory - 19
These samples were obtained at local milk bottling plants
and the results, as a whole, are considered satisfactory.