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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

Hampstead 1937

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

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Nature of samples.Examined for (a) Bacterial content or (b) Tubercle bacilli.Result of examination.
Pasteurised(a)Satisfactory
Raw Milk(b)Do.
Pasteurised(a)Do.
Raw Milk(b)Do.
Pasteurised(a)Bacteria: 160,000per millilitre.
Do.(a)Bacteria: 108,000 Do.
Do.(a)Satisfactory.
Do.(a)Bacteria: 480,000per millilitre.
Do(a)Satisfactory.
Raw Milk(a)Do.
Pasteurised(a)Do.
Tuberculin Tested(b)Do.
Pasteurised(a)Do.
Do.(a)Do.
Tuberculin Tested(b)Do.
Raw Milk(a)Bacteria: 110,000per millilitre.
Pasteurised(a)Bacteria: 600,000 per millilitre (approx.). B. Coli present in 0.01millilitre.

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Samples are taken from time to time of the pasteurised milk
supplied to the County Council Hospitals in the Borough (viz. North
Western Fever Hospital and New End Hospital), to ensure that the
pasteurised milk conforms with the standards of the Milk (Special
Designations) Order.
Chemical examination of Milk Samples.
There were 137 samples of milk taken under the Food and Drugs
Act, and of these three were unsatisfactory. 19 informal milk samples
were taken during the year. The average composition of the total
milk samples examined was:—
Total milk solids1222 per cent.
Fat 357 per cent.
Solids not fat 865 per cent.
Milk for School Children.
Milk supplied to Hampstead Scholars under the scheme of the
London County Council is required to be pasteurised and to comply
with the requirements of the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936.