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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
Ealing 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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| Grade A (Tuberculin Tested)(Eight samples) | 8,466 | In two B. Coli was found in 1 c.c and not in 1/10 c.c. In other no B. Coli in 1 c.c |
| 3,600 | ||
| 13,766 | ||
| 9,600 | ||
| 15,366 | ||
| 127,500 | ||
| 1,773 | ||
| 2,426 | ||
| Pasteurised (Ten samples) | 40,000 | In 8 samples B.Coli was found in 1 c.c. and not in 1/10 c.c., and in two B.Coli in 1/10 c.c. \ |
| 59,000 | ||
| 107,000 | ||
| 84,000 | ||
| 16,466 | ||
| 55,500 | ||
| 8,533 | ||
| 13,366 | ||
| 29,633 | ||
| 16,566 | ||
| Ordinary Untreated Milk (Four samples) | 164,666 | In 3 samples B. Coli in 1/10 c.c. and in one B. Coli in 1 c.c. and not in 1/10 c.c. |
| 10,366 | ||
| 233,333 | ||
| 50,500 |
In addition ten samples were examined for the bacillus of
tuberculosis. Eight of these were of pasteurised and two were
of raw milk. The result was negative in all samples.
(b)Meat, etc.—There have been no infringements of the
Public Health (Meat) Regulations. All the shop fronts have been
provided with glass protection and there seems to be a general desire
on the part of the butchers to carry out the requirements of the
Regulations. Meat is not sold on stalls or on vehicles in the
Borough.
There is no public slaughterhouse, but in the whole of the
enlarged Borough there are seven private slaughterhouses. Very
little slaughtering is done in these. In twelve months in the whole
of the slaughterhouses there were killed 25 cattle, 275 sheep, 549
pigs and 34 calves. The number of pigs slaughtered was about