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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
Merton and Morden 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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RESULTS OF ANALYSES OF NEW MILK SAMPLES.
| Solids not Fat (Legal Standard is 8.5%). | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8 4 | 8.5 | 8,6 | 8.7 | 8 8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.1 | Total |
| — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 9 | - | 42 | |||
Milk Fat (Legal Standard is 3.0%).
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3 8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
RESULT OF ANALYSES OF NEW MILK SAMPLES.
| Solids not Fat (Legal standard is 8.5%). | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9 2 | Total |
| — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 29 |
Milk Fat (Legal standard is 3.0%).
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| l | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
1940 18
1941 33 — One sample of pasteurised milk was reported
unsatisfactory, the total bacteria counts
exceeding the prescribed standard, and two
samples failed to pass the phosphatase test.
1942 18 — One sample of pasteurised milk was reported
unsatisfactory, the total bacteria counts
exceeding the prescribed standard, and one
sample failed to pass the phosphatase test.
Twenty-three licenses were granted in 1940, twenty-two
in 1941, and twenty-one in 1942, to dealers under the Milk
(Special Designations) Order, 1936.
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