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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Inspectors in addition to special visits paid by your Chief Sanitary
Inspector.
The number of retail purveyors of milk is 218, most of whom
carry on a general shop and sell milk in bottles as they receive it.
Four hundred and five visits were paid to the registered premises
of purveyors of milk during the year and a general improvement in
the standard of cleanliness was observed.
During the year 36 samples of milk were taken for bacteriological
count and of these 7 were biologically tested for the presence
of the tubercle bacillus.
The samples taken are summarised below:—
| Grade of Milk. | No. of Samples. | No. tested for T. B. |
|---|---|---|
| Grade A (T.T) | 6 | 6 |
| Grade A (Pasteurised) | 1 | — |
| Grade A | 1 | 1 |
| Pasteurised | 23 | — |
| Raw | 5 | — |
| Total | 36 | 7 |
The following table gives the results of the analyses:-
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2.32 | Grade A (T.T.) | 9,800 | 0.01 c.c. | Absent | Satisfactory. |
| „ | Pasteurised | 32,000 | Not stated | No test | „ |
| „ | „ | 17,000 | „ „ | „ | „ |
| „ | „ | 42,000 | „ „ | „ | „ |
| „ | „ | 63,000 | „ „ | „ | „ |
| „ | „ | 40,000 | „ „ | „ | „ |
| 21.3.32 | „ | 16,000 | „ „ | „ | „ |
| „ | „ | 33,000 | „ „ | „ | „ |
| „ | „ | 13,800 | „ | „ | „ |
| „ | Raw | 9,600 | 0.01 c.c. | „ | „ |
| „ | Pasteurised | 19,000 | Not stated | „ | „ |
| „ | „ | 21,000 | „ „ | „ | „ |
| 11.4.32 | Grade A. | 8,200 | 0.01 c.c. | Absent | „ |
| „ | Raw | 4,100 | Not stated | No test | „ |
| 20.4.32 | Pasteurised | 1,760 | „ „ | „ | „ |
| „ | Grade A (T.T.) | 3,700 | 0.01 c.c. | Absent | „ |
| „ | „ | 3,300 | 0.01 c.c. | „ | „ |
| 14.6.32 | Pasteurised | 142,000 | Not stated | No test | Unsatisfactory. |
| 14.6.32 | „ | 93,000 | „ „ | „ | Satisfactory. |
| „ | Raw | 289,000 | „ „ | „ | „ |
| „ | Pasteurised | 48,000 | „ „ | „ | „ |
| „ | „ | 27,000 | „ „ | „ | „ |
| „ | „ | 25,000 | „ „ | „ | „ |