London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Tottenham 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: SAMPLES OF ICE CREAM SUBMITTED FOR BACTERIOLOGICALEXAMINATION.

SAMPLES OF ICE CREAM SUBMITTED FOR BACTERIOLOGICAL

EXAMINATION.

*Results.
Grade 1Grade 2Grade 3Grade 4Total.
Number of Samples taken where Ice Cream was produced in Tottenham.1711103169
Number of Samples taken where Ice Cream was produced in districts other than Tottenham31091638
Total20211947107

Table: *Provisional grading, based on the time taken to reduce methylene blue, is as follows:—

*Provisional grading, based on the time taken to reduce methylene blue, is as follows:—

Grade 14½ hours or more.
Grade 22½ hours to 4 hours.
Grade 3½ hour to 2 hours.
Grade 40 hours.

Table: Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936 to 1946.Licences were granted under the above-mentioned Regulations, as follows:—

Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936 to 1946.

Licences were granted under the above-mentioned Regulations, as follows:—

Pasteurised Milk:
Pasteurisers' Licences4
Dealers' Licences16
Supplementary Licences3
Tuberculin Tested Milk:
Bottlers' licences1
Dealers' Licences12
Supplementary Licences3
Accredited Milk:
Nil.