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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
Walthamstow 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Health, as a result of which a herd in another area was inspected and
the diseased animal was slaughtered.
The following table gives the actual bacteriological findings
in the 72 samples:-
BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF MILK SAMPLES.
| Date. | Grade of Milk. | Total Bacteria per c.c. | Bacillus Coli absent in. | Presence of Tubercle Bacillus (biological test). | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.1.31 | Raw | 38,000 | 0.001 c.c. | No test | Satisfactory. |
| „ | „ | 36,000 | 0.001 c.c. | Present | Satisfactory count. |
| „ | „ | 21,000 | 0.01 c.c. | No test | Satisfactory. |
| „ | „ | 240,000 | 0.0001 c.c. | Absent | Unsatisfactory. |
| „ | „ | 19,000 | 0.01 c.c. | „ | Satisfactory. |
| „ | ,, | 28,000 | 0.01 c.c. | „ | „ |
| 27.1.31 | Grade A (T.T.) | 17,000 | 0.01 c.c. | „ | „ |
| ,, | Pasteurised | 19,000 | 0.1 c.c. | No test | „ |
| „ | „ | 16,000 | 0.01 c.c. | „ | „ |
| „ | „ | 31,000 | 0.01 c.c. | „ | „ |
| 3.2.31 | Grade A (T.T.) | 5,200 | 0.01 c.c. | Absent | „ |
| „ | ,, | 310,000 | 0.001 c.c. | „ | Unsatisfactory count. |
| „ | Pasteurised | 420,000 | 0.00001 c.c. | „ | „ „ |
| 5.2.31 | ,, | 6,300 | 1.0 c.c. | „ | Satisfactory. |
| „ | ,, | 300,000 | 0.00001 c.c. | „ | Unsatisfactory count. |
| „ | „ | 210,000 | 0.001 c.c. | „ | „ „ |
| „ | „ | 240,000 | 0.01 c.c. | No test | „ „ |
| 5.3.31 | Raw | 22,000 | 1.0 c.c. | Absent | Satisfactory. |
| „ | „ | 21,000 | 1.0 c.c. | „ | „ |
| „ | „ | 17,200 | 1.0 c.c. | „ | „ |
| „ | „ | 15,600 | 0.1 c.c. | „ | „ |
| „ | „ | 26,000 | 0.01 c.c. | „ | „ |
| 23.4.31 | Grade A. (T.T.) | 63,000 | 0.01 c.c. | „ | „ |
| 28.4.31 | Raw | 34,000 | 0.01 c.c. | „ | „ |
| „ | ,, | 15,000 | 1.0 c.c. | „ | „ |
| „ | Grade A. (Past.) | 6,700 | 0.1 c.c. | „ | „ |
| „ | Pasteurised | 26,000 | 0.1 c.c. | „ | „ |
| „ | „ | 31,000 | 0.1 c.c. | No test | „ |
| „ | „ | 16,000 | 0.1 c.c. | Absent | „ |
| „ | „ | 24,000 | 0.1 c.c. | „ | „ |
| „ | „ | 44,000 | 0.01 c.c. | „ | „ |
| „ | Grade A. | 35,000 | 0.01 c.c. | „ | „ |
| „ | Grade A. (T.T.) | 13,000 | 0.01 c.c. | „ | „ |
| 12.5.31 | Pasteurised | 410,000 | 0.001 c.c. | No test | Unsatisfactory. |
| „ | „ | 22,000 | 0.1 c.c. | „ | Satisfactory. |
| „ | Grade A. (T.T.) | 310,000 | 0.001 c.c. | Absent | Unsatisfactory. |
| 21.5.31 | Pasteurised | 73,000 | 1.0 c.c. | ,, | Satisfactory. |
| „ | „ | 53,000 | 0.1 c.c. | No test | „ |
| „ | Grade A. (T.T.) | 26,000 | 0.01 c.c. | Absent | „ |
| „ | Pasteurised | 72,000 | 0.01 c.c. | No test | „ |
| „ | Grade A. (T.T.) | 44,000 | 0.01 c.c. | Absent | „ |
| 28.5.31 | Raw | 54,000 | 0.01 c.c. | No test | „ |
| ,, | Grade A. (T.T.) | 17,000 | 0.01 c.c. | „ | „ |