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A BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDY OF EGGS. 



TABLE 6. Frozen albumen from commercial eggs, examined at intervals from Feb. 16, 



1910, to Mar. 29, 1911. 



(Four dozen eggs bought on the market as fresh.) 



Maximum average count * 600 



Minimum average count 15 



B. coli not present in 1 cc quantities. 



TABLE 7. Commercial whole eggs, frozen and examined at intervals from Feb. 16, 1910, 



to Mar. 29, 1911. 



(Eight dozen eggs said to have been in cold storage for 8 months.) 



1 B. coli absent in 0.1 cc. 



Maximum average count. . 

 Minimum average count^. , 



9,500 

 100 



