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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
Poplar 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Number of Samples Examined por Bacteria (Total Count and B.Coli)—117.
| Designated Milk. | Where taken: | Number satisfactory. | Number unsatisfactory. | Action taken. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On delivery at— | From Dealers— | ||||||
| Railway Stations. | L.C.C. Hospitals, and Schools | Before bottling. | After bottling. | ||||
| Tuberculin Tested | 3 | — | 16(1) | 32 (4) | 46 | 5 | 3 letters to dealers; 1 letter to producer and 4 letters to Medical Officers of Health of other Authorities. |
| Pasteurised | 26 (8) | 111(1) | 26 (4) | 50 | 13 | 4 letters to dealers; 7 letters to producers and 8 letters to Medical Officers of Health of other Authorities. | |
| Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | |
| Tuberculin Tested (Certified) | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Totals | 3 | 26 | 27 | 61 | 99 | 18 | |
The figures in parentheses denote number of unsatisfactory samples and are included in the totals.
* 8 for B. Coli count only.
Note.—Three samples of Tuberculin Tested milk were centrifuged for the biological test for B. tuberculosis before the
necessary sample h i been withdrawn for the B. Coli test which could not therefore be carried out. Further samples
were taken.