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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 1908

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

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Table: TABLE B.The Results of the Bacteriological Examinations.

TABLE B.

The Results of the Bacteriological Examinations.

Consecutive No.Inspector's Numbering.Volume of apparent filth per million.Nature of filth.The degree of acidity per cent.Number of living micro-organisms per c.c. on gelatine at 20 deg. c.
11 B100A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.196688,000,000
22 B100A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.18429,750,000
33 B200A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.18432,000,000
44 B200A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli (reddish colour).172197,000,000
55 B300Large number of pus cells, some streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.18411,360,000
66 B200A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.176630,000,000
77 B300A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.20446,700,000
88 B400A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.184260,000
99 B400A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.1603,000,000
1010 B400A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.18835,800
1111 B200A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.220530,000
1212 B200A few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli (some vegetable debris).2241,130,000