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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
St Pancras 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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TABLE D
Results of the Further Sampling and Analyses under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts of the Unsatisfactory Milks in Appendix C.
| Consecutive No. | Inspector's Numbering. | Percentage Composition. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milk Fat. | Solids other than Milk Fat. | Total Solids. | |||
| 4 B | C. 219 | 3.56 | 8.24 | 11.80 | The deficiency in milk solids other than milk fat corresponds to the presence of 3 per cent. of added water. |
| 5 B | C. 218 | 3.01 | 7.85 | 10.86 | The deficiency in milk solids other than milk fat corresponds to the presence of 7 per cent. of added water.* |
| 6 B | C. 217 | 3.15 | 9.01 | 12.16 | Genuine. |
| 14 B | C. 216 | 3.72 | 8.26 | 11.98 | The deficiency in milk solids other than milk fat corresponds to the presence of 2 per cent. of added water. |
| 25 B | A. 44 | 3.21 | 8.15 | 11.36 | The deficiency in milk solids other than milk fat corresponds to the presence of 4 per cent. of added water. |
| 27 B | A. 45 | 3.46 | 8.98 | 12.44 | Genuine. |
* Vendor summoned and pleaded warranty on Friday, 16th October, 1908, and the Magistrate
dismissed the case.
ADDENDUM.
Sample No. 30 was milk drawn from a cow directly into a sterilised bottle.
The report of the Bacteriologist on this sample was that the volume of apparent
filth was 1000 parts per million consisting entirely of pus cells, and the report
of the chemist showed that the milk fat and the total solids were the highest
of the 30 samples of nursery milk examined bacteriologically and chemically.
This sample of milk was taken from the cow in the cow-shed from which
tuberculous infected milk was taken last year and authority was given to take
further samples of milk for analysis from the cow-shed in question. Samples
were taken from the 10 cows in this cow-shed and submitted to Dr. Eyre for
bacteriological analysis. The results of these examinations are contained in
the following Table:—