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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 1936
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1936
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MILK SAMPLING—continued
| Sterilized Milk | 59 |
| Condensed Milk (informal) | 27 |
| Evaporated Milk (informal) | 3 |
| Dried Milk (informal) | 4 |
| 504 |
For Bacteriological Examination.
| Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk | 5 |
| Grade "A" Tuberculin Tested Milk | 54 |
| Grade "A" Pasteurised Milk | 4 |
| Pasteurised Milk (from schools) | 45 |
| Pasteurised Milk (other than from schools) | 34 |
| Tuberculin Tested (Certified) Milk | 1 |
| Tuberculin Tested Milk | 51 |
| For tubercle bacilli | 9 |
| For brucella abortus | 4 |
| Pasteurised Milk (Phosphataze Test) | 1 |
| 208 |
1. Bacterial Count.
| Up to 100 per 1 c.c. | 4 |
| Over 100 to 500 per 1 c.c. | 5 |
| Over 500 to 1,000 per 1 c.c. | 3 |
| Over 1,000 to 5,000 per 1 c.c. | 11 |
| Over 5,000 to 10,000 per 1 c.c | 7 |
| Over 10,000 to 50,000 per 1 c.c. | 42 |
| Over 50,000 to 100,000 per 1 c.c. | 6 |
| Over 100,000 to 200,000 per 1 c.c | 11 |
| Over 200,000 to 400,000 per 1 c.c. | 4 |
| Over 400,000 to 600,000 per 1 c.c. | 3 |
| Over 600,000 to 800,000 per 1 c.c. | 2 |
| Over 800,000 to 1,000,000 per 1 c.c. | 1 |
| Over 2,000,000 | 9 |
| Spoilt culture—overgrown | 1 |