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Greenwich 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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Table: (l) Dried Hen Egg Albumen— All landings of this product during the year have continued to be submitted to the heat treatment process recommended by the National Albumen Advisory Committee set up by the Ministry of Health. This process is undertaken at the premises of Messrs. J. Palmer (Deptford) Ltd., Prince Street, S.E.8.

(l) Dried Hen Egg Albumen— All landings of this product during the year have continued to be submitted to the heat treatment process recommended by the National Albumen Advisory Committee set up by the Ministry of Health. This process is undertaken at the premises of Messrs. J. Palmer (Deptford) Ltd., Prince Street, S.E.8.

Batch No.No. of ContainersControl SamplesBact. Results of Positives after Heat Treatment
PositiveNegativePositiveNegative
Percentage rate of Control Sampling : 10%
40601145*6
41101—11——
42341420430
437541—4
44132411—4

Table: * American Albumen.

* American Albumen.

Incidence of Salmonellae:Containers
Salmonella bareilly1
„ blockly1
„ give1
„ meleagradis2
„ oranienberg2
„ seftenberg1
„ typhimurium1

Table: (ii) Dried Egg Albumen. (Conditional Releases.)-

(ii) Dried Egg Albumen. (Conditional Releases.)-

Country of OriginQuantity ImportedContainers SampledNo. of Positives
America88 x 50 lb. boxes242*
„32 x 100 lb. drums4—
„22 x 100 lb. drums3—
„110x 100 lb. drums11—
„88 x 50 lb. drums44—
„110 x 100 lb. drums11—
„55 x 100 lb. drums6—
„88 x 50 lb. drums9—
„165 x 100 lb. drums17—
„132 x 100 lb. drums14—
„44 x 100 lb. drums6—
„154 x 100 lb. drums16—
„88 x 50 lb. boxes8—
„110 x 100 lb. drums11—
„88 x 100 lb. drums10—
„219 x 100 lb. drums22—
„22 x 100 lb. drums3-
„92 x 50 lb. boxes11—
„220 x 100 lb. drums24—
„154 x 100 lb. drums16—
„143 x 100 lb. drums18—
„88 x 50 lb. boxes10—
„88 x 100 lb. drums9—
„110 x 100 lb. drums11—
„81 x 100 lb. drums15—
„5 x 200 lb. drums5—
„44 x 100 lb. drums16—
„22 x 100 lb. drums5—
„110 x 50 lb. drums11—
„110 x 100 lb. drums11—
„132 x 200 lb. drums15—
„33 x 100 lb. drums10—
„88 x 100 lb. drums11—
„134 x 100 lb. drums22—
„88 x 50 lb. drums10—
„221 x 100 lb. drums50—
„i45 x 50 lb. drums10—
„112 x 50 lb. drums12—
„67 x 100 lb. drums20—
„88 x 50 lb. boxes10—
Holland20 x 55 lb. drums20-

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* Salmonella thompson.