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St Pancras 1909

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

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TABLE B.

" NURSERY MILKS."

The Results of the Bacteriological Examinations.

Consecutive No.Inspector's Numbering.Volume of apparent filth per million.Nature of Milk.The degree of acidity per cent.Number of living micro-organisms per c.c. on gelatine at 20 deg. c.
11 NM200Fair number of pus cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.2161,000,000
22 NM300„ „.2526,000,000
33 NM400No pus cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.2085,420,000
44 NM300„ „.2604,800,000
55 NM300Fair number of pus cells, some streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.220600,000,000
66 NM200„ „.220500,000,000
77 NM200Few pus cells, some streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.208212,000,000
88 NM600Many pus cells, some streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.216752,000,000
99 NM400Few cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.20870,400
1010 NM200No pus cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.20016,000
1111 NM200„ „.23611,400
1212 NM100No pus cells, some streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.264160,000,000
1313 N M100No pus cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.2003,200,000
1414 NM200Few pus cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.212300,000
1515 NM300„ „.192100,000,000
1616 NMtraceNo pus cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.2284,800,000
1717 NM600„ „.2802,000,000
1818 NM200Fair number of pus cells, no streptococci, no tubercle bacilli.25616,000,000