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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 1920

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

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Table: Table I.— continued.

Table I.— continued.

Date of Sampling, 1920.No. of Specimen.b. Coli per ccm.Spore-bearing Anaerobes present.Colonies growing at 37 deg. C per ccm.Colonies growing at 22 deg. C per ccm.Streptococci per ccm.
Mar. 9th171,000,000Present in 10 ccm.1,140,000Innumerable1,280,000
„18100Absent in 50 ccm.Nil.Do.Nil.
19100Do.300300300
Mar. 16 th25100Present in 10 ccm.1,00062,000—
„2610,600,000Do.InnumerableInnumerableInnumerable
„2710Present in 1 ccm.Nil.4,000Nil.
„2810,000Do.18,000102,0001,000

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Tubercle bacilli of bovine origin were found in specimen 9 and specimen 26, and B. paratyphosus B. in
specimen 28.

Table: Table II.Effect of Pasteurisation carried out on Milks traced from Railway Depots to the Dairy.

Table II.

Effect of Pasteurisation carried out on Milks traced from Railway Depots to the Dairy.

Date of Sampling, 1920.No. of Specimen.b. Coli per ccm.Spore-bearing Anaerobes present.Colonies growing at 37 deg. C per ccm.Colonies growing at 22 deg. C per ccm.Streptococci per ccm.
Feb. 24th2100Absent in 50 ccm.1,2001,000420
„3100,000Present in 50 ccm.130,000Innumerable15,000
„41,000,000Present in 10 ccm.1,030,000Do.140,000
„51,000Absent in 50 ccm.16,000Do.18,000
„8only in 10 ccm.Present in 50 ccm.Nil.Nil.Nil.
Mar. 2nd11100Absent in 50 ccm.6,10010,2001,700
„121,000,000Present in 10 ccm.1,480,000331,000510,000
„14100,000Present in 25 ccm.316,000Innumerable250
Mar. 9th171,000,000Present in 10 ccm.1,140,0001,140,0001,280,000
„18100Absent in 50 ccm.Nil.InnumerableNil.
„2310Do.Nil.Do.Nil.