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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

Leyton 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: Samples were taken as shown in the following table, and letters of warning were sent out in four cases.

Samples were taken as shown in the following table, and letters of warning were sent out in four cases.

Results.
No. of Sample.No. of Bacteria per c.c.
GRADE A. "T.T."196970
2061,925
2094,570
GRADE A. PASTEURISED1933,555
1992,315
GRADE A.2012,450
PASTEURISED1945,260
1955,445
1977,255
19812,920
2006,410
2029,475
2035,520
2047,065*
2056,690
20724,350*
2085,515
2103,730*
2116,605
2122,030
21318,646*
* B. Coli present.

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Ice Cream.—Under the provisions of the Essex County
Council Act, 1933, important progress has been made. The Act
provides for the registration of vendors of ice cream and the premises
used by them, and also regulates the manufacture and sale of
ice cream.
These restrictions, which came into operation towards the end
of the year, are of great value and enable the Local Authority to
see that the manufacture of this popular commodity is carried out
under hygienic conditions, and that the place of storage is suitable.
Seventy-six visits were made to premises where the sale of
ice cream was known to take place during the past year. Now that
registration is compulsory, routine visits and inspections of all
premises will now be made.