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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
Woolwich 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The results are set out in the following Table:
TABLE No. 48.
| Mouth. | Type of Milk. | Number of bacteria per c.c. | Bacillus coli per 1/10 c.c. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Pasteurised | 38,000 | — | — |
| do. | 28,000 | — | — | |
| do. | 6,800 | — | — | |
| do. | 5,400 | — | — | |
| do. | 8,700 | — | — | |
| Raw | — | — | Tubercle bacillus not found. | |
| Raw | 2,900,000 | Present | Or. delivery. | |
| February | Pasteurised | 8,400 | — | — |
| do. | 3,300 | — | — | |
| do. | 8,200 | — | — | |
| do. | 17,500 | — | — | |
| do. | 13,700 | — | — | |
| March | Pasteurised | 12,400 | Present | — |
| do. | 6,800 | — | — | |
| do. | 18,700 | Present | — | |
| do. | 9,500 | - | — | |
| do. | 4,100 | — | — | |
| May | Pasteurised | 12,400 | — | — |
| do. | 39,000 | — | — | |
| do. | 23,000 | — | — | |
| do. | 16,700 | — | — | |
| do. | 10,600 | — | — | |
| June | Pasteurised | 6,200 | — | — |
| do. | 11,900 | — | — | |
| do. | 4,800 | — | — | |
| do. | 16,700 | — | — | |
| do. | 9,600 | — | — | |
| do. | 16,000 | — | — | |
| do. | 274,000 | Present | — | |
| do. | 87,500 | Present | — | |
| do. | 44,000 | Present | — | |
| July | Pasteurised | 9,200 | — | — |
| do. | 4,600 | — | — | |
| do. | 3,400 |