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Islington 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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[1910

Table CXX. Showing the analyses of 7,570 milks examined in Islington during the thirteen years 1898-1910, and distinguishing those purchased on Sundays, on Week days, and procured at the Railway Stations while in transit from the Farmer to the London Milk Purveyor.

Years.Sunday Milks.Week-day Milks.Railway Milks (Farmers).
No. of Samples.Per cent. of non-fatty solids.Per cent. of fat.No. of samples.Per cent. of non-fatty solids.Per cent. of fat.No. of samples.Per cent. of non-fatty solids.Per cent. of fat.
18981938.503.502308.563.691208.844.04
18991818 .493.502318.533.581208.824.23
19001968.643.622248.553.531218.753.93
19011968.563.642958.603.491418.773.69
19021928.593.602748.643.51908.763.85
19031678.423.862188.473.741208.663.90
19041648.523.783178.483.741208.623.97
19051618.553.683238.513.721128.663.87
19061958.493.583328.523.591108.753.69
19071508 .643.633278.653.761208.773.96
19081608.583.693248.583.521208.733.88
19091598.663.673268.853.621208.743.86
Total Twelve Years2,1148.553.653,4218.583.621,4148.743.91
19101608. 573.553368.503.441258.763.74

From these analyses the following averages for the years 1898-1910 have been deduced:—

Solids not fat.FatTotal solids.
2,274 Sunday Milks8.553.6412.19
3,757 Week-day Milks8.573.6212.19
1,539 Farmers' Milks8.743.8912.63
Total Milks8.623.7212.34