[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford] page 27

Ilford 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Table: The following results were obtained:—

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The following results were obtained:—

Grade of Milk or Ice Cream	Total	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Remarks on unsatisfactory results
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk	16	16		—
Tuberculin Tested (Certified) Milk	15	11	4	The analyses of these samples showed a high B. Coli. content. The County Medical Officer was communicated with in each case.
Pasteurised Milk	58	53	5	These samples failed to satisfy the Methylene Blue Reduction test. In two cases supplies were obtained from a neighbouring Borough and the local Medical Officer of Health was infdrmed. In the other cases the retailers were communicated with and re-sampling ordered at a later date. Further samples proved satisfactory.
Heat-Treated Milk	18	16	2	One sample failed to satisfy the Methylene Blue Reduction tgst, and the other failed to pass the Phosphatase test. The retailer was communicated with and further samples proved satisfactory.
Ungraded Milk ..	66	58	8	Three samples failed to satisfy the Methylene Blue Reduction test, and the others had high Bacterial or B. Coli contents. In two cases supplies were received from districts outside the Borough, and the local Medical Officers of Health were communicated with. Resampling was ordered in all cases.
Ice Cream	64	60	4	In one case supplies were received from outside the Borough, and the local Medical Officer of Health was communicated with. In all the other cases the premises were visited by the Sanitary Inspectors, and the processes and storage arrangements over -hauled. Further available samples proved satisfactory.