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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
St Pancras 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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"NURSERY MILKS.
" Obtained for Bacteriological Examination.
| Consecutive No. | Price paid for ½ pint. | How Served. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1½ | Drawn from the cow directly into the sterilised bottle. |
| 2 | 1 | Servedifrom a counter-pan. " The same as other milk." |
| 3 | 1 | Served from a counter-pan. " The Nursery Milk is the newest in." |
| 4 | 1 | Served from an ice safe. Vendor said they also bottled the milk, and there was a great demand for this for nursery purposes. |
| 5 | 1 | Served from a counter-pan. Admitted to be the same as ordinary milk. |
| 6 | 1¼ | Served from a pail on the floor behind the counter, and not from the counter-pan. |
| 7 | 1 | Drawn from the cow directly into the sterilised bottle. |
| 8 | 1¼ | Fetched specially from the dairy, and kept under lock and key by the foreman. |
| 9 | 1 | Served from the counter-pan. Vendor said Nursery Milk is not special milk. |
| 10 | ¾ | Served from the counter-pan. Vendor said it is the same as ordinary milk. |
| 11 | 1 | Served from station churn. " Not special, but fresh." |
| 12 | 1¼ | Served from a special small bottle churn with dust proof lid, exclusively used for Nursery Milk from own cows at model farm. |
| 13 | 1 | Served from counter-pan. Same as ordinary milk. |
| 14 | 1¼ | Fetched from dairy downstairs in basement. |
| 15 | 1 | Fetched from dairy at the rear. Apparently a special milk as advertised. |