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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 1938

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1938

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Table: For Bacteriological Examination.

For Bacteriological Examination.

Tuberculin Tested Milk81
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk7
Pasteurised Milk (from schools)56
Pasteurised Milk (other than from schools)53
For tubercle bacilli8
For brucella abortus4
Accredited2
211

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ICE CREAM.
One hundred and sixteen samples of ice cream have been
examined with the following results:—

Table: 1. Bacterial Count.

1. Bacterial Count.

Up to 100 per 1 c.c.2
Over 100 to 500 per 1 c.c.7
Over 500 to 1,000 per 1 c.c.1
Over 1,000 to 5,000 per 1 c.c.16
Over 5,000 to 10,000 per 1 c.c.12
Over 10,000 to 50,000 per 1 c.c.34
Over 50,000 to 100,000 per 1 c.c.8
Over 100,000 to 200,000 per 1 c.c.12
Over 200,000 to 400,000 per 1 c.c.4
Over 400,000 to 600,000 per 1 c.c.2
Over 600,000 to 1,000,000 per 1 c.c.2
Impossible to count4
"More than a million"1
105