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City of London 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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96
Date.
Sample No.
Result.
15th February
4
No B. coli per ¼ oyster.
No B. coli per 1/40 oyster.
No B. coli per 1/80 oyster.
B. enteritidis sporogenes per ½ oyster, not per
½ oyster.
Satisfactorily clean.
17th February
5
No B. coli per 1/3 oyster.
No B. coli per 1/6 oyster.
No B. coli per 1/60 oyster.
B. enteritidis sporogenes per 1/6 and 1/3 oyster.
Passable.
17th February
6
No B. coli per 1/7 oyster.
No B. coli per 1/14 oyster.
No B. coli per 1/140 oyster.
No B. enteritidis sporogenes per 1/7 or 1/14
oyster.
Satisfactorily clean.
20th February
7
B. coli per ¼ oyster.
B. coli per 7/8 oyster.
No B. coli per 1/40 oyster.
B. enteritidis sporogenes per ¼ and 1/8,not per
1/16 oyster.
Passable.
20th February
8
B. coli per 1/8 oyster.
No B. coli per 1/16 oyster.
No B. coli per 1/80 oyster.
No B. enteritidis sporogenes per 1/8 or 1/16 oyster.
Satisfactorily clean.
22nd February
9
B. coli per 1/3 oyster.
No B. coli per 1/6 oyster.
No B. coli per 1/30 oyster.
B. enteritidis sporogenes per 1/6, not per 1/12
oyster.
Passably clean.
22nd February
10
No B. coli per 1/5 oyster.
No B. coli per 1/10 oyster.
No B. coli per 1/50 oyster.
B. enteritidis per 1/10, not per 1 15 oyster.
Satisfactorily clean.
1st March
11
No B. coli per ¼ oyster.
No B. coli per 1/8 oyster.
No B. coli per 1/40 oyster.
B. enteritidis sporogenes per ½, not per ¼ oyster.
Satisfactorily clean.
1st March
12
No B. coli per 1/6 oyster.
No B. coli per 1/12 oyster.
No B. coli per 1/60 oyster.
No B. enteritidis sporogenes per ¼ or 1/8 oyster.
Satisfactorily clean.
(Signed) E. KLEIN.
From the above satisfactory report it would appear that the efforts that have been
made to protect the public from a source of danger have not been altogether unproductive,
but I am of opinion that it would be extremely inadvisable for responsible