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its source, and when it has been established that a cow is there suffering from
Tuberculosis, to prohibit the sending of milk of such cow to London. Although
obviously of some advantage to the Metropolis, this limited administrative action
only diverts the milk to other markets, and operates to the prejudice of those districts
in which such markets were situate. These powers have now been augmented by
the Tuberculosis Order of 1913, to which reference is made on page 51.
The five tuberculous samples were consigned from five different farms, and
enquiry has shown the existence at two of these, of a tuberculous cow. These two
animals were subsequently slaughtered.
The report on the samples submitted to the Public Analyst, details of which are
given below, must be regarded as satisfactory. It shows that at the time the milk is
delivered in the City, it is, in nearly all cases, up to the official standard.
The highest percentage of fat was 4.77, the lowest 2.96, while the mean was
3.76.