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Southgate 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Forty-eight samples of designated milks treated by
heat were examined for total bacterial content, as follows:
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised).
Percentage of samples found satisfactory in
every respect 87.5%
Average bacterial count 18,111
Pasteurised Milk.
Percentage of samples found satisfactory in
every respect 97.5%
Average bacterial count31,275
Tubercle bacilli were found to be present in two samples of
raw milk, examined prior to pasteurisation. No tubercle bacilli
were present in any of the remaining 104 samples examined.
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