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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
West Ham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Samples taken under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923,
Pasteurised Milk—
Satisfactory 20
Unsatisfactory Nil
Grade "A" Milk-
Satisfactory 10
Unsatisfactory Nil
Certified Milk—
Satisfactory 1
Unsatisfactory Nil
Grade "A" (Tuberculin
Tested) —
Satisfactory 8
Unsatisfactory Nil
Grade "A" Pasteurised—
Satisfactory Nil
Unsatisfactory 1 (Excessive Bacteria and
Coliform Bacillus)
MILK (SPECIAL DESICNATIONS) ORDER, 1936.
Pasteurised Milk—
Satisfactory 35
Unsatisfactory 7 (Excessive Bacteria)
Accredited—
Satisfactory 9
Unsatisfactory 3 (Excessive Bacteria and
Coliform Bacillus present)
Tuberculin Tested—
Satisfactory 5
Unsatisfactory 1 (Coliform Bacillus
ent)
Tuberculin Tested (Certified)—
Satisfactory 2
Unsatisfactory 1 (Excessive Bacteria)
Tuberculin Tested
(Pasteurised) —
Satisfactory 2
Unsatisfactory Nil
With regard to the samples which failed to meet the requirements
of the above mentioned Orders, letters of caution were sent
pointing out that a thorough investigation into the matter must
be made with a view to tracing the source of contamination and
preventing a recurrence.
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