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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
Bermondsey 1934
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1934
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MILK SAMPLING —continued
MILK SAMPLING—continued "For bacteriological examination."
| Grade 'A' (T.T.) milk | 69 |
| Grade 'A' Pasteurised milk | 1 |
| Pasteurised milk | 56 |
| Liquid milk undesignated | 20 |
| For tubercle bacilli | 6 |
| For bacillus abortus | 3 |
| 155 |
ICE CREAM.
Ninety-nine samples of ice cream have been examined with
the following results: —
ICE CREAM. Ninety-nine samples of ice cream have been examined with the following results:—
| 1. Bacterial Count. | |
| Below 100,000 per 1 c.c. | 73 |
| Over 100,000, but below 200,000 per 1 c.c. | 8 |
| Over 200,000, but below 400,000 per 1 c.c. | 4 |
| Over 600,000, but below 1 million per 1 c.c. | 1 |
| Over 1 million, but below 2 million per 1 c.c. | 2 |
| Over 2 million per 1 c.c. | 11 |
2. Presence for B. Coli.
| B. Coli present in 1 c.c. 1/10th c.c. and 1/100th c.c. | 31 |
| B. Coli present in 1 c.c. and l/10th c.c. | 20 |
| B. Coli present in 1 c.c. | 22 |
| B. Coli absent in tests ranging from 1 c.c. to 1/100th c.c. | 26 |