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Fulham Hospital. The average count of 16 samples examined was 14,788 bacteria per
millilitre.
Fulham Institution. Two samples taken containing respectively 7,330 and 10,900 bacteria
per millilitre.
Western Hospital. Twenty.three samples were examined all of which were reported to be
satisfactory, the average count being 15,539 bacteria per millilitre.
Elizabethan Open Air School. The three samples taken were reported to contain respectively
19,600, 8,330 and 51,000 bacteria per millilitre.
L.C.C. Schools. Two of the 27 samples examined were reported to have counts slightly in
excess of the legal standard. The average of all the samples, however, was only 33,925 bacteria
per millilitre.
Ordinary Milk. This is milk which has been treated by heat although not sold under the
designation " Pasteurised " and there is, therefore, no bacteriological standard for such milk. It
is satisfactory to record that the lowest count was reported to be 9,230 bacteria per millilitre, and
the highest 150,330 per millilitre, while the average for the 21 samples examined was 47,608 bacteria
per millilitre.
FOOD AND DRUGS—ADULTERATION, ETC.
During the year under review, one thousand articles of food and drugs were purchased by
Inspector Gammack in his capacity as Sampling Officer and were submitted to the Public Analyst
for analysis.
The samples were taken under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, and other Acts,
Regulations and Orders relating to foodstuffs.
Of these, 30 or 3.0 per cent. were adversely reported upon and full details of the adulterated
samples will be found in Table 19 (milk) and Table 25 (other articles).
The practice of reporting all adulterated samples to the Public Health Committee was
continued during 1937 and the appropriate action taken.
In the following table will be found details of the number and percentage of adulterated
samples of all articles of food during the years 1928 to 1937 inclusive:—
TABLE 24
SAMPLES OF ALL FOOD (INCLUDING MILK) REPORTED AS ADULTERATED ON
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
Year.
1928.
1929.
1930.
1931.
1932.
1933.
1934.
1935.
1936.
1937.
No. examined
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,001
1,000
1,000
1,002
1,000
1,000
No. Adulterated
31
44
40
22
29
35
43
40
26
30
Percentage of adulteration
31
4.4
40
2.2
2.89
3.5
4.3
3.99
2.6
3.0
During 1937, one sample of jam roly.poly pudding, one of tinned condensed milk and one
of peaches were examined by the Clinical Research Association for the presence of organisms of
the food poisoning (Salmonella) group, but in none of the samples was food poisoning or other microorganisms
of importance found.