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Ilford 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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2. Licences were granted under the Milk (Special Designations)
Order, 1923, during 1925, for the sale of:-
" Certified " milk 7
" Grade A " milk 19
" Grade A (Tuberculin Tested)" milk 7
" Pasteurised " milk 6
The above include supplementary licences which were issued
for "Certified" milk 6, "Grade A" milk 8, "Grade A (Tuberculin
Tested)" milk 5, and "Pasteurised" milk 5. These are
licences granted to firms who already have a licence from another
Authority, the milk being bottled outside the town but sold in
Ilford.
One trader was refused licences for the sale of "Grade A"
and "Certified" milk for having bottled "Grade A" milk without
a licence.
3. Milk Sampling.—13 samples of "Grade A" and 17
samples of ordinary milk were taken. In no instance was the presence
of Tubercle Bacilli established.

The following table shows the results of the analyses. It will be remembered that the standard for "Grade A" milk is that a sample shall be found to contain (a)not more than 200,000 bacteria per cubic centimetre, and (b) no coliform bacillus in one hundredth of a cubic centimetre.

"Grade A" Milk."Ordinary Milk."
Sample No.No. of Bacteria per c.c.Sample No.No. of Bacteria per c.c.
318,7661656,333
410,3061739,666
521,7331875,333
628,0001926,333
734,0002036,333
833,4002135,666
921,9662246,333
1042,0002377,000
1115,76624104,000
126,8332589,666
132,8602611,833
145,7332737,666
154,8332828,100
2955,666
3038,666
3195,666
3273,500