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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

Sutton 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]

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Table: Articles of food containing foreign bodies or mould were as follows:-

Articles of food containing foreign bodies or mould were as follows:-

ArticleNo.No.
1968196919681969
Baby Food11Fruit13
Beverage1-Meat718
Bread1722Meat Pies28
Butter11Milk315
Cereals13Milk Bottles (contaminated or chipped)158
Cheese22
Confectionary Flour1510Preserves2-
Confectionery Sugar25Sausages26
Cordial1-Sugar1-
Cream11Tea-2
Fish22Vegetables-4
Yoghurt23

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The following samples were taken for bacteriological examination:-
Milk:

Table: Classification of the milk samples and the results of the tests are as follows:-

Classification of the milk samples and the results of the tests are as follows:-

Designation under which soldNo. of SamplesMethylene Blue TestPhosphatase TestTurbidity Test
SatisfactoryUnsatisfactorySatisfactoryUnsatisfactorySatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
19681969196819691968196919681969196819691968196919681969
Pasteurised75817379227581------
Ultra Heat Treated3535—-35-——-—-
Untreated4-2-2---------
Sterilised124--------124--
94907884427886--124--

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