Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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other Egg Products continued during the year with the following results:—
Country of Origin | Quantity Imported | Containers Sampled | Unsatisfactory | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bact. | Chem. | |||
America | 2,108 x 501b. ctns. | 122 | — | — |
" | 898 x 44 lb. ctns. | 43 | — | — |
Denmark | 3,610 x 44 lb. ctns. | 219 | — | — |
80 x 50 lb. ctns. | 5 | — | — | |
Holland | 1 x 25 lb. drum | 1 | — | — |
Sweden | 110 x 1101b. ctns. | 15 | — | — |
China | 6,400x 110 lb. cases | 283 | 2 | — |
Czechoslovakia | 650 x 44 lb. bags | 33 | — | — |
Holland | 4,581 x 55 lb) ctns. | 105 | 1 | — |
10 x 175 lb. drums | 3 | |||
Denmark | 800 x 55 lb. ctns. | 40 | — | — |
Sweden | 400 x 1101b. drums | 30 | — | — |
Australia | 82,368 x 28 lb. tins | 137 | - | — |
China | 13,498 x 44 lb. tins | 68 | - | — |
Holland | 9,300 x 28 lb. tins | 95 | - | — |
China | 15,044 x 44 lb. tins | 231 | - | — |
Holland | 450 x 28 lb. tins | 20 |
Incidence of Salmonella
Organism Found | Samples | ||
---|---|---|---|
Dried Egg Albumen | Dried Whole Egg | Dried Egg Yolk | |
_ | 1 | — | |
— | 1 | — | |
— | 1 | — |
All unsatisfactory consignments were destroyed.
English Frozen Whole Egg Plant—During the year, 12 routine
samples were submitted to the Public Health Laboratory Service