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laid down in the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923, which
are as follows:—
Maximum Number of
Bacteria permitted
per c.c.
Standard for
B. Coli.
Grade of Milk.
Grade "A" (T.T.) Milk
200,000
Must not be found in
1/100th c.c.
Pasteurised Milk
100,000
No standard prescribed.
All samples of Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) and Pasteurised
Milks submitted for examination complied with the requirements
of the Order.
Twelve of the 16 samples of Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested)
Milk were examined at the request of the Minister of Health to
whom the reports thereon were forwarded.
Examination of Milk for the Presence of Tubercle
Bacilli.
Six samples of milk were submitted to the Bacteriologist
for examination for the presence of tubercle bacilli by means of the
animal test, but in no instance was the presence of tubercle bacilli
reported.
Chemical Analysis of Milk Supplied to School Children
and L.C.C. Hospitals.
During 1936, 65 samples of pasteurised milk were taken in
course of delivery to St. Giles, Dulwich, Constance Road Institution,
and the various L.C.C. schools in the Borough. With the exception
of one school milk, all complied with the recognised standard.
OTHER SAMPLES
Raspberry Jam.
Of four samples reported against, two contained an excess of
preservative and two (one of which was sold as "Full Fruit"
Standard Jam) were deficient in fruit.
A sample of arrowroot was certified to contain a somewhat
unusual foreign ingredient, viz.: Boric Acid.
A further reference is made to the above three samples in the
section of this Report dealing with the Public Health (Preservatives,
etc., in Food) Regulations.
One prescription was found on analysis to have been incorrectly
dispensed.