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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
East Ham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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The obviously outstanding feature of the statement is the
high proportion of unsatisfactory ordinary milks. Three contained
acid-fast bacilli, 5 excess pus cells and streptococci, 2
excess pus cells, 9 bacillus coli in .001 c.c. and 5 B coli in .01 c.c.
Some contained a combination of the above and unsatisfactory
bacterial counts. The average bacterial count of the samples of
ordinary milk was 29,420 p. c.c. as compared with 6,600 p. c.c.,
the average of pasteurised milk samples. The highest count of
ordinary milk was 285,000 p. c.c., and that for pasteurised 19,400,
the lowest for the respective milks being 350 p. c.c. and 300 p. c.c.
Appropriate action was taken in all cases of unsatisfactory
bacteriological reports, communications being directed to other
authorities concerned.
(3) Graded Milk. The licences in force on 31st December, 1937, were as follows:—
| Tuberculin Tested Milk— | |
| Bottling Establishment Licence | 1 |
| Dealers' Licences | 10 |
| Supplementary Licences | 2 |
| Pasteurised Milk— | |
| Establishment Licence | 1 |
| Dealers' Licences | 22 |
| Supplementary Licences | 3 |
| Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised)— | |
| Supplementary Licence | 1 |
The Council decided in December, 1936, to charge no fees
in respect of licences granted under the Milk (Special Designations)
Order, 1936.
(b) Meat and Other Foods
(1) Meat Inspection. The Sanitary Inspectors made 1,145
visits to the slaughterhouses for the purpose of carrying out post
mortem inspection of animals slaughtered.
mortem inspection of animals slaughtered. The following is a
statement of the work done in this connection:—