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Should any sample so taken fail to comply with the prescribed
conditions (as set out above) the matter is dealt with by the
Ministry direct.
Of the 12 samples submitted, 4 failed to comply with the
required bacteriological standard. These were specially brought
to the notice of the Ministry of Health.

Four samples of Grade "A" Tuberculin Tested milk, 2 from
each of the bottling establishments in this Borough were bacteriologically
examined and satisfactorily reported upon.
Pasteurised Milk (Consigned in Sealed Churns).
Forty-three samples of pasteurised milk consigned to Institutions
within this Borough were submitted for examination.
Of this number 35 complied, and 4 failed to comply with the
standard set out in the Milk (Special Designations) Order.
In the 4 remaining instances it was found impossible to estimate
the number of bacteria per c.c. owing to the plates being covered
with the spreading colonies.
The reports upon the 4 samples that failed to comply are as
under:-
Sample marked.
Bacteria per cc.
Remarks.
No.
6
126,000
Slightly in excess.
13
111,000
Slightly in excess.
14
102,000
Slightly in excess.
12
266,000
Experimental, taken on
delivery without shaking
or plunging contents.
Reference was made in this section of the Annual Report for
1931 (pages 56-58) to the methods adopted by this Council of
taking samples of milk, for bacteriological examination, from
sealed churns.