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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
Lambeth 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Nineteen sixty two saw no major changes in the pattern of food administration.
Details of the work carried out during the year are set out under
the several heads which follow.
Bacteriological and other Examinations
The following samples were submitted to the Public Health Laboratory
for bacteriological examination. Articles marked with an asterisk were
suspected of having caused food poisoning. Organisms likely to be responsible
were found in nine samples.
Ice Cream and Ice Cream Mix 183
Ice Lollies 7
* Veal and ham pie 2
¢ Ham 2
* Gravy 1
*+ Smoked Gammon boiled bacon 1
* + Rolled bacon boiled bacon 1
* Bone in Gammon boiled bacon 1
* + Pressed Gammon boiled bacon 3
* + Roast leg of Pork 2
*¢ Staphylococcus
*+ Salmonella Bredeney
* No organisms isolated
There has been an increasing number of freezers dispensing soft icecream
in the Borough and the total of 183 samples of ice-cream and icecream
mix includes 63 samples of soft ice-cream.
A summary of the samples and the results of examinations is set out below.
| Number Taken | Type of Mix | Provisional M.B. Grade | Colony Count Per ml. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterilised | Heat Treated | Complete Cold Mix | |||
| In Shops | |||||
| 9 | 7 | - | - | 1 (4) | - |
| 2 (2) | 100 (1) | ||||
| 3 (1) | 5,500 | ||||