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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF EGG PRODUCTS, 1971
| Country of Origin | Type of Egg Product | Quantity Examined | No. of Samples taken | No. of Samples Positive | Quantity of Contaminated Egg | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | C | Q | L | T | C | Q | L | ||||
| Australia | Frozen Albumen | 286 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 211 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| China | Frozen Albumen | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | ||||
| Czechoslovakia | Dried Whole Egg | 45 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 27 | — | ||||
| New Zealand | Dried Whole Egg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | ||||
| Poland | Dried Whole Egg | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | — | ||||
| Frozen Albumen | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — | |||||
| U.S.A. | Dried Albumen | 59 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| West Germany | Dried Albumen | 53 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 47 | — | ||||
| Frozen Albumen | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | |||||
| Totals | 508 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 485 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
The whole of the contaminated egg was released for heat treatment.
The following types of Salmonellae were isolated during sampling of egg products during 1971:—
| Country of origin | Organism | No. of samples |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Salmonella typhi-murium | 1 |
| U.S.A. | Salmonella blockley | 1 |
| Salmonella st. paul | 2 | |
| Salmonella thompson | 1 | |
| 5 |