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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

Brent 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]

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Table: Table 29BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF MILK, ICE-CREAM AND MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS Milk Examinations—31

Table 29

BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF MILK, ICE-CREAM AND MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS Milk Examinations—31

TypeSamples TakenSatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
U.H.T.11-
Homogenised22—
Pasteurised77—
Glasses2121-

Table: Meat and Meat Products—63

Meat and Meat Products—63

TypeSamples TakenSatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
No.Reason
Pork Sausages431Unexamined
Beef Sausages44359Bacterial count too high—4. Staphylococcus aureus present —4. Faecal coli present—1.
Sausage meat1—1Staphylococcus aureus present.
Minced beef541Salmonella typhimurium present.
Pork loins981Bacterial count too high.

Table: Ice-Cream—103

Ice-Cream—103

TypeSamples TakenGradeVoidSatisfactory
1234
Heat treated85618123169
Soft112225-4
Cold mix6-231-2
Water ice1-----1

Table: FACTORIES Table 30 On Register and Inspections

FACTORIES Table 30 On Register and Inspections

No. on registerInspectionsWritten noticesOccupiers prosecuted
Factories in which sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by local authority4222--
Factories not included above in which section 7 is enforced by the local authority9201,07639-
Other premises in which section 7 is enforced by the local authority (excluding outworkers premises)816--
Total9701.11439—