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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
Holborn 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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The result of the bacteriological examination is shown in the following table:—
| Date. | Where purchased. | Organisms per cc. on Agar at 37° for 24 hours. | Streptococci present in 1 cc. | Coliform organisms Minimal volume showing piesence. | B. Enteritidis sporogent s in 2 cc. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/7/28 | Barrow | 605,000 | Positive | 0.01 cc | Absent. |
| „ | Barrow | 6,620,000 | Positive | 0.1 cc. | Present. |
| „ | Barrow | 1,970,000 | Positive | 0.0001 cc. | Present. |
| 17/7/28 | Dairy | 587,000 | Positive | 0.001 cc. | Present |
| „ | Barrow | 355,000 | Positive | 0.1 cc. | Absent |
| „ | Barrow | 740,000 | Positive | 0.00l cc. | Present. |
| 31/8/28 | Barrow | 88,000 | Positive | 0.l cc. | Present. |
| „ | Barrow | 80,000,000 | Positive | 0.0001 cc. | Present. |
| „ | Restarurant | 820,000 | Positive | 0.01 cc. | Present. |
The bacteriological examinations were earned out at the Ro\al Institute of
Public Health. Samples were delivered at the laboratory of the Institute
immediately after purchase and arrangements were made for the examinations to
be commenced forthwith.
In six eases the ice cream was made at premises in the Borough all of which
are kept under regular supervision. In three cases the ice cream was made outside
the Borough.
Where ice cream sold in the Borough is made at premises outside Holborn, it
is our practice to ask for information as to the conditions of manufacture from the
Medical Officer of Health of the area concerned. On the other hand, we receive a
number of such enquiries from other districts respecting ice cream made in
Holborn, principally in the "Italian Colony," and sold in other districts.
Public Healih (Meat) Regulations, 1924.
These Regulations came into operation on the 1st April, 1925; they deal with
slaughter-houses, meat marking, the handling of meat in wholesale markets,
conditions of transport, the protection of meat in butchers' and other shops and
on stalls from contamination by flies, mud and other contaminating substance.
The following summary shows the number of butchers' shops and meat stalls in the Borough, and the number of other shops where meat is sold:—
| Butchers' shops | 27 |
| Butchers' stalls | 3 |
| Provision dealers | 25 |
| Provision dealers' stalls | 3 |
| Offal shops | 3 |
| Cooked meats | 10 |
| Wholesale (bacon; sausage) | 3 |
| 74 |