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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
Southwark 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF EGG PRODUCTS, 1965
| Country of Origin | Type of Egg Product | Quantity Examined | No. of Samples Taken | No. of Samples Positive | Quantity of Contaminated Egg (All re-exported) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | C | Q | L | T | C | Q | L | ||||
| China | Dried Whole Egg | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Dried Albumen | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | ||||||
| Dried Yolk | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — | |||||
| Frozen Albumen | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | — | |||||
| Denmark | Dried Whole Egg | 48 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dried Albumen | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — | |||||
| Dried Yolk | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | |||||
| Frozen Albumen | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — | |||||
| E. Germany | Dried Whole Egg | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | ||||
| Holland | Dried Whole Egg | 167 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 512 | 29 | 53 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Frozen Albumen | 70 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 48 | — | |||||
| Poland | Dried Whole Egg | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | - | ||||
| Frozen Albumen | 405 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 397 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sweden | Dried Albumen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — | ||||
| U.S.A. | Dried Albumen | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 232 | _ | ||||
| Dried Yolk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | |||||
| Totals | 1,244 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1,862 | 51 | 63 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |