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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
Merton and Morden 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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A summary of the fat and non-fatty solids contents of the 67 milk samples is given by the following tables:— Solids not fat (legal standard is 8.5%).
| Less than 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.2 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 11 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 67 | ||
Milk fat (legal standard is 3.0%).
| Less than 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 2 | ,3 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 67 |
Ice Cream. The distribution trade continues to be subject
to continual change of retailers and at the end of the year there
were 124 dealers and 16 itinerant vendors on the register. One
person is registered for the manufacture of ice cream but does
so only intermittently, when his other supplies fail.
Most of the ice cream sold is pre-wrapped and 82 samples were obtained and submitted for examination with the following results:—
| No. | Provisional Grade | Methylene Blue Test | Coliform B. | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Satisfactory | Absent | |
| 1 | „ | |||
| 3 | 1 | „ | ||
| 4 | 1 | „ | ||
| 5 | 1 | „ | ||
| 1 | ||||
| 1 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | „ | ||
| 9 | 1 | „ | ||
| 10 | 1 | |||
| 11 | 1 | |||
| 12 | 1 | |||
| 13 | 1 | |||
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| 15 | 1 | |||
| 16 | 1 | |||
| 17 | 1 | |||
| 18 | 1 | |||
| 19 | 1 | |||
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| 21 | 1 | |||
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| 23 | 1 |