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Holborn 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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43
Ice Cream.
During the year there were 42 premises in the Borough where ice cream was
manufactured, and in addition to my inspections 311 inspections of these premises were
made, and five notices were served.
Ice cream is manufactured in the Italian colony as follows :—
| Premises on which 20 gallons made daily | 1 |
| ,, ,,10 ,, ,, ,, | 3 |
| ,, ,, 8 ,, ,, | 1 |
| ,, ,, 4 ,, ,, | 8 |
| ,, ,, 2 ,, ,, | 7 |
| ,, „ less than 2 gallons „ | 1 |
In addition ice cream was also manufactured on the following premises :—
| Mr. Bennett's District. | Mr. Clark's District. | Mr. Larard's District. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Confectioners | — | 5 | 4 |
| Other | 1 | 4 | 2 |
During the summer of 1927 ten samples of ice cream were purchased and
submitted to bacteriological examination.
The result of the bacteriological examination is shown in the following table : —
| Sum pie and date purchased. | Where purchased. | Organisms per cc. growing on Agar at 37°C for 24 hours. | Streptococci present, in I cc. | Minimum volume showing coliform organisms.* | Minimum volume showing B enteritidis sporogenes. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 11/8/27 | Barrow | 16,000,000 | short chained variety | 0-01 cc | 1 cc. |
| 2 | Barrow | 19,000,000 | ditto | 0.0001 cc. | 2 cc. |
| 3 | Small sweet | 7 1,000,000 | ditto | 0.01 cc. | not observed in 2 cc. |
| 4 | shop Barrow | 43,000,000 | ditto | 0.001 cc. | 2 cc. |
| 5 | Barrow | 18,00,003 | ditto | 0.001 cc. | 2 cc. |
| 6 16/8/28 | Rest;i urant high-class | 3,000,000 | none observed | 0.000001 cc. | 0.1 cc. |
| 7 | Restaurant high-class | 2,000,000 | present | 0.1 cc. | 1 cc. |
| 8 | Restaurant middle-class | 450,000 | present | 0.001 cc. | 1 cc. |
| 9 | Dairy | 600,000 | none observed | 0.1 cc. | not observed in 2 cc. |
| 10 | Barrow | 6O 000,000 | present | 0. 000001 cc. | 2 cc. |
* Typesof coliforni organism» approximate to B. lactis asrogenes, B. coli and B. acidi lactici group.