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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 V.
| 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. 2nd | 14 | 100,000 | Present 25 ccm. | 316,000 | Innumerable | 250 |
| „ | 15 | 10,000,000 | Present 10 ccm. | Innumerable | Do. | Innumerable |
| „ | 13 | 1,000 | Present 25 ccm. | 5,000 | Do. | 3,000 |
| „ | 16 | 1,000,000 | Present 5 ccm. | Innumerable | Do. | Innumerable |
| April 13th | 42 | 1,000,000 | Present 1 ccm | Do. | Do. | Do. |
| „ | 43 | 1,000,000 | Do. | Do. | Do. | Do. |
| „ | 44 | 1,000,000 | Do. | Do. | Do. | Do. |
Specimen 15 was from a retail shop, and specimen 14 was from the wholesale dairy
which supplied the shop.
Specimen 16 was from a retail dairy shop, and specimen 13 from milk consigned to the
shopkeeper by a farmer, and sampled at a railway station.
Specimen 42 was from a dairy shop doing a wholesale and retail trade; 43 from a
hand-can on a street round of the same firm; and. 44 from another retail shop supplied by
the aforementioned firm.
Specimen 14 is the mixture of specimens 11 and 12 Pasteurised (vide tables VI. and II.)
Table VI.
A specimen of milk traced from its arrival at the railway depot (specimens 11 and 12) to the wholesale dairy where it was pasteurised (specimen 14), to when it was sold in a retail general shop (specimen 15).
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2nd | 11 | 100 | Absent in 50 ccm. | 6,100 | 10,200 | 1,700 |
| „ | 12 | 1,000,000 | Present in 10 ccm. | 1,480,000 | 331,000 | 510,000 |
| „ | 14 | 100,000 | Present in 25 ccm. | 316,000 | Innumerable | 250 |
| „ | 15 | 10,000,000 | Present in 10 ccm. | Innumerable | Do. | Do. % |
N.B.—Specimens 11 and 12 were of farmers' milks. Specimen 14 was of pasteurised
milk made from farmers' milks of earlier delivery. Specimen 15 was of the same milk as
specimen 14, but kept in a retail general shop instead of the wholesale dairy.