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St Pancras 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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August 28th, 1899.
J. L. 14. Contained a very considerable amount of leucocytes, but no
tubercle bacilli found. One or more of the Cows from which the milk is
derived are probably suffering from some form of mastitis, and the milk
should be looked upon with suspicion.
J. L. 15. Contained an enormous number of organisms, and had already
begun to clot. Sample unfit for consumption. Satisfactory search for
tubercle bacilli impossible.
J. L. 16. Normal. No tubercle bacilli found.
J. L. 17. Normal. No tubercle bacilli found.
J. L. 18. Contained pus and a few tubercle bacilli. Quite unfit for consumption.
H. G. W. 826. Normal.
H. G. W. 827. Contained a fair amount of pus, a large number of squamous
epithelial cells, some vegetable debris, and many streptococci, together
with an enormous numb(^ qf bacteria. No tubercle bacilli found. Sample
unfit for consumption.
H. G. W. 828. Contained a very large number of bacteria, and beginning
to clot. Excess of leucocytes and a fair amount of vegetable debris.
Sample unfit for consumption.
H. G. W. 829. Contained little masses of pus, as iftene or two Cows out of
several were affected with mastitis. No tubercle Dacilli found. Sample
suspicious.
n. G. W. 830. In addition to being dirty contained a considerable amount
of pus and a few doubtful tubercle bacilli. Sample unfit for consumption.
6th September, 1899.
II. G. W. 831. Contains an enormous number of bacteria, as the sample was
partially clotted. Sample unfit for consumption. No pus or tubercle
bacilli found.
H. G. W. 832. Normal.
H. G. W. 833. Did not contain any excess of leucocytes nor could any
tubercle bacilli be found. Contained a considerable excess of streptococci
which gives rise to a certain amount of suspicion.
H. G. W. 834. Normal.
H. G W. 835. Contained masses of pus. No tubercle bacilli found. Sample
unfit, for consumption.
C. W. 914. No tubercle bacilli found. Normal.
C. W. 915. Contained a large number of bacteria, but neither tubercle bacilli
nor pus could be found. Normal.
C. W. 916. Contained a large amount of pus. No tubercle bacilli found.
Sample totally unfit for consumption.
C. W. 917. A few tubercle bacilli were found as well as a fair amount of
pus. Sample unfit for consumption.