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Poplar 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Examination of Milk for Tubercle Bacilli (Biological Examination).
N umber of S amples E xamined— 37.
(An extract from a report of the London County Council of samples of bulk milk taken on delivery and at cowsheds
in the Borough is given on page 66.)
| Number reported | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tubercle bacilli absent. | Tubercle bacilli present. | Examination incomplete. | Remarks. | |
| Tuberculin Tested | 11 | — | — | |
| Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised | 2 | — | — | |
| Tuberculin Tested Certified | 1 | — | — | |
| Pasteurised | 12 | — | — | 4 of these were taken at L. C. C. schools. |
| Sterilised | 2 | — | — | |
| Bottled (from Dairies) | 8 | — | — | |
| ,, (from Cowsheds) | 1 | — | — | |
| Totals | 37 | — | — | |