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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 1947

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1947

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Table: For Chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids) Examination.

For Chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids) Examination.

Liquid Milk, undesignated196
Sterilized Milk122
Pasteurized Milk82
Condensed Milk (informal)10
Tuberculin Tested4
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised)6
Evaporated Milk11
Heat Treated1
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Table: For Bacteriological Examination.

For Bacteriological Examination.

Pasteurised Milk (from schools)83
Pasteurised Milk (other than from schools)45
For tubercle bacilli8
For brucella abortus4
Tuberculin Tested4
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised)26
Heat Treated33
203

Table: ICE CREAM. Forty-eight samples of ice cream have been examined, with the following results:—

ICE CREAM. Forty-eight samples of ice cream have been examined, with the following results:—

1. Bacterial Count.
Up to 500 per 1 c.c2
Over 500 to 1,000 per c.c.2
Over 1,000 to 5,000 per 1 c.c3
Over. 5,000 tp 10,000 per 1 c.c.1
Over 10,000 to 50,000 per 1 c.c.18
Over 50,000 to 100,000 per 1 c.c6
Over 100,000 to 200,000 per 1 c.c4
Over 200,000 to 400,000 per 1 c.c3
Over 400,000 to 600,000 per 1 c.c–
Over 600,000 to 1,000,000 per 1 c.c.2
Over 1,000,000 per 1 c.c.7
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Table: 2. Presence of B. Coli.

2. Presence of B. Coli.

B. Coli present in 1 c.c., 1 10th c.c. and 1 100 th c.c.23
B. Coli present in 1 c.c. and 1 10th c.c8
B. Coli present in 1 c.c.7
B. Coli absent in 1 c.c., 1 10th c.c., and 1 100 th c.c.10
48

Table: 3. Methylene Blue Grading.

3. Methylene Blue Grading.

Grade 14
25
33
420
32

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