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From the third source, namely, that from the Brixton
sheds, a yield averaging from three to four churns daily is
obtained; insignificant as the quantity is compared with
that of the other sections of supply, the milk is prized for
its quality. Under the designation of nursery milk it is
furnished to customers in sealed cans.
The distribution and delivery of milk from Dairy B. is
effected through carriage by hand-truck and by cart. South
Brixton and Stockwell are served chiefly by truck. But
situated at the fringe of this district is an outer or circumferential
area served by cart extending into
Wandsworth and Camberwell. All carts leave the Depot
in the morning before the process of measuring out for the
truck round is begun: and leaving at an early hour they
have apportioned to them milk deposited at the storehouse
on the evening before. But the churns reaching the storehouse
in the evening are those brought oniy from the proprietary
farm. Hence carts were distributing exclusively
milk from the proprietary farm.
If milk produced at the proprietary farm is infective we
may expect to find in the area specially supplied by milk
from this source, a large percentage of Typhoid cases. But
no such incidence is apparent. On the contrary, the records
furnished to April 7th, the day on which this part of the
enquiry was made, and formulated in detail in Appendix D,
whilst showing the existence of 21 cases in the inner or
truck area, refer only to the presence of three cases in the
outer or cart area. It is true several other cases were lying
ill then, and evidence of them came in later with notification,
but the same argument holds good in reference to both
areas. Even taking the later cases into account, the area
supplied exclusively with milk from the proprietary farm
shows an insignificant incidence as compared with that