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It has been estimated that it would require ten half-pound tins
of separated condensed milk to give the amount of fat contained in
one pint of good new cow's milk, and these tins of milk would
require dilution to sixteen pints to make it fluid enough to be taken
by a child. So that in order that a child should obtain as much fat
as that contained in a pint of good new milk, he would have to
consume sixteen times the proper amount of fluid and an excessive
proportion of the other constituents of milk, which would inevitably
result in grave disorders of the stomach and intestines, with consequent
wasting, and probable death.
The Public Health Committee desire to bring these facts to the
notice of all who are interested in the rearing of infants, in order
that they may avoid the dangers which attend the use of the above
kinds of milk for infants' feeding.
J. KING WARRY, M.D., &c.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Hackney,
17th October, 1898.
It is gratifying to learn that since the above described action was
taken a bill has been introduced into Parliament by the President
of the Board of Agriculture which embodies the above suggestions
in relation to "Condensed Skimmed " and "Condensed Separated" Milks.
THE RIVER LEA.
The condition of the river during the pa6t year was exceedingly
bad. The accompanying table of analysis of samples of the water
made during the hot months of the year by the public analyst show
the increasingly bad quality of the water. The small rainfall also
helped to increase the nuisance. There were times during the
summer when the foul smells from the river were perceptible even in
Hackney Wick and the eastern part of Clapton Park. Every year
the river becomes more polluted. It will be remembered that in
October of the year 1897 a conference of representatives from Lime-