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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
Croydon 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Result of Analysis of New Milk Samples.
SOLIDS NOT FAT (Legal standard is 8.5%)*
8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5* 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.2
- - - - 6 27 92 78 35 8 2 -
MILK FAT (Legal standard is 3%)
3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.2
- - 6 22 31 32 42 47 28 17 7 7 3
4.3 4.4 4.6 4.7
3 2 1 -
Total samples of New Milk: 248.
The samples of Milk for analysis were obtained as follows:—
| Country milk in course of +delivery | — |
| On milk rounds | 152 |
| "Appeal to cow" samples | — |
| At Shops | 90 |
| Taken at Institutions | 6 |
| Taken at Farms | — |
| Other samples | — |
| 248 |
AVERAGE COMPOSITION OF NEW MILK SAMPLES.
Solids not fat 8.75%
Milk fat 3.63%
Percentage of New Milk samples below legal standard: Nil.