London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1964
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1964
This page requires JavaScript
(42)
IMPORTATION OF EGG PRODUCTS, 1964. BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION
| Country of Origin | Type of Egg Product | Quantity Sampled | No. of Samples taken | No. of Samples Positive | Quantity of Contaminated Egg | Disposal of Contaminated Egg (Re-Exported) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. | C. | Q. | L. | T. | C. | Q. | L. | C. | c. | Q. | L. | ||||
| Argentina | Frozen Albumen | 9 | 10 | – | – | 17 | – | r | — | FT | |||||
| Australia | Frozen Albumen | 46 | – | – | – | 7 | – | I | I | ||||||
| China | Frozen Albumen | 20 | – | – | – | 44 | – | I | ! | ||||||
| Dried Whole Egg | 141 | 10 | – | – | 348 | 8 | 2 | 7 | – | – | 2 | 7 | – | – | |
| Dried Yolk | 6 | 15 | – | – | 31 | 2 | 1 | 4 | – | – | 1 | 4 | – | – | |
| Czechoslovakia | Dried Whole Egg | 97 | – | – | – | 57 | – | I | I | ||||||
| Denmark | Frozen Albumer | 55 | – | – | – | 10 | – | I | |||||||
| Frozen Yolk | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | I | ||||||||
| Dried Whole Egg | 4 | – | – | – | 3 | – | I | I | |||||||
| Dried Albumen | 5 | – | – | – | 7 | – | I | ||||||||
| Dried Yolk | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Holland | Frozen Albumen | 160 | 18 | – | – | 51 | – | I | |||||||
| Dried Whole Egg | 72 | 16 | – | – | 17 | – | I | ||||||||
| Israel | Frozen Albumen | 132 | 4 | – | – | 61 | – | I | I | ||||||
| Poland | Frozen Albumen | 79 | 9 | – | – | 22 | – | ||||||||
| Dried Whole Egg | 40 | – | – | – | 5 | – | I | I | |||||||
| Sweden | Dried Albumen | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | I | |||||||
| U.S.A | Dried Whole Egg | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | ||||||||
| Dried Albumen | 11 | 5 | – | – | 8 | – | |||||||||
| Totals | 886 | 10 | – | – | 696 | 11 | 4 | 11 | – | – | 4 | 11 | – | – | |
The following types of Salmonellae were isolated during routine sampling of egg products during 1964:—
No. of Samples
Salmonella paratyphi B
Salmonella typhi-murium
Salmonella thompson
Salmonella infantis
11