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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
Coulsdon and Purley 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE XVII
TESTS REQUIRED BY THE MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) REGULATIONS, 1960
| Designation | No. | Methylene Blue | Phosphatase | Turbidity | Tubercle Bacilli | Brucella | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | ||
| Pasteurised | 100 | 100 | — | 99 | 1 | _ | — | _ | — | _ | — |
| T.T. (Raw) | 34 | 32 | 2 failed | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| T.T. (Pasteurised) | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Separated | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 137 | 134 | 2 | 101 | 1 | 1 | — | 8 | — | 8 | — |
A total of 137 samples of milk was submitted for bacteriological
examination, with the results set out in the following table