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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
Bromley 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Fourteen Dairies have been registered under the above Regulations. and licences for the year 1955 were issued as under :—
| Dealers' (Pasteurisers') Licence | 1 |
| Dealers' Licences: — | |
| " Pasteurised " Milk | 14 |
| " Sterilised " Milk | 32 |
| " Tuberculin Tested " Milk | 14 |
| Supplementary Licences:— | |
| " Pasteurised " Milk | |
| " Sterilised " Milk | 16 |
| " Tuberculin Tested " Milk | 14 |
| No. of Samples taken. | Description. | Result | |
| Satisfactory. | Unsatisfactory | ||
| 107 | Designated Milk | 107 | — |
| 18 | Washed Bottles | 18 | — |
| — | — | — | |
| 125 | 125 | — | |
| — | — | — | |
| No. of Samples Taken | Description | Satis. | Unsatis. | Methylene Blue Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. | II. | III. | IV | ||||
| 12 | Ice Cream (Loose) | 12 | — | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Ice Cream (Pre-packed) | 26 | — | 24 | 2 | — | — |
| 4 | Ice Cream (Choc.) | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Ice Lollies | 8* | — | 8 | — | — | — |
| — | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | |
| 51 | 50 | _ | 45 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
* One sample unsuitable for lest. More acid than pH4.
Twenty-five samples were submitted for Chemical examination,
the lowest fat content being 4.15% (Ice Lolly containing Ice
Cream), and the highest 18.9%.
The following tabulation shows the results obtained in respect
of the 997 samples examined from 1st May. 1947. to 31st December.
1955.
The standard of ice cream remains at a high level, and in no
instance have pathogenic organisms been cultivated in any sample
examined since the inception of the tests in 1947.