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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 1939
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1939
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ICE CREAM. Seventy-eight samples of ice cream have been examined, with the following results:— 1. Bacterial Count.
| Up to 500 per 1 c.c. | 7 |
| Over 500 to 1,000 per 1 c.c. | 2 |
| Over 1,000 to 5,000 per 1 c.c. | 11 |
| Over 5,000 to 10,000 per 1 c.c. | 10 |
| Over 10,000 to 50,000 per 1 c.c. | 22 |
| Over 50,000 to 100,000 per 1 c.c. | 7 |
| Over 100,000 to 200,000 per 1 c.c. | 5 |
| Over 200,000 to 400,000 per 1 c.c. | 1 |
| Over 400,000 to 600,000 per 1 c.c. | 1 |
| Over 600,000 to 1,000,000 per 1 c.c. | 1 |
| Impossible to count | 4 |
| " More than fifteen million " | 1 |
| 72 |
Samples of milk, both for bacteriological and chemical examination,
are taken from milksellers, and special arrangements are made for the
sampling of the milk supplied to all schools in the borough. The total
number of samples submitted for analysis during 1939 was 756, of
which number 74 were taken from schools.
For Chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids Examination.
Liquid Milk, undesignated
401
Liquid Milk, undesignated (informal)
2
Sterilized Milk
92
Tuberculin Tested Milk
4
Accredited Milk (informal)
2
Pasteurised Milk
11
Pasteurised Milk (informal)
35
Condensed Milk (informal)
30
Sterilized Milk (informal)
1
578
For Bacteriological Examination.
Tuberculin Tested Milk.
64
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk
8
Pasteurised Milk (from schools)
37
Pasteurised Milk (other than from schools)
59
For tubercle bacilli
5
For brucella abortus
3
Accredited
2
178