Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington page 238

Islington 1903

Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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238
1903]
Milk.—Of the 508 samples analysed 50 or 9.8 per cent. were adulterated,
or almost the identical percentage of the preceding year. 120 of these samples
of milk were obtained at Railway Stations, 218 were purchased from retail
vendors on Week Days, and 167 on Sundays. The proportion of adulteration
among the Railway Station milks was 17 per cent., among Week Day milks
12.8 per cent., and among Sunday milks 11.9 per cent. These figures are
sufficient evidence, as has frequently been pointed out in these reports, that
the adulteration of milk does not occur to any large extent in the country, but
that it is the milk dealers in London who act fraudulently.

Table: Quality of the Milks.—The.fact is also borne out by the difference in the quality of the milk as it arrives at the railways, and as it is sold in the streets.

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Quality of the Milks.—The.fact is also borne out by the difference in the quality of the milk as it arrives at the railways, and as it is sold in the streets.

	No. of Samples Analysed.	Percentage of Fat.	Percentage of Solids, not Fat.	Percentage of Total Solids.
Railway Milks	120	3.90	8.66	12.56
Week Day Milks	218	3.74	8.47	12.21
Sunday Milks	167	3.86	8.42	12.28
Official Standard	...	3.00	8.50	11.50

Table: In the light of the figures given for many years by your medical officer of health there can be no doubt that the official standard set up by the Board of Agriculture should be revised.

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In the light of the figures given for many years by your medical officer of health there can be no doubt that the official standard set up by the Board of Agriculture should be revised.

	Railway Milks.	Fat.	Solids, not Fat.	Total Solids.
1898	120	4.04	8.84	12.88
1899	120	4.23	8.82	13.05
1900	121	3.93	8.75	12.68
1901	141	3.69	8.77	12.46
I902	90	3.85	8.82	12.67
1903	120	3.90	8.66	12.56
Total and Averages	712	3.93	8.78	12.71
Official Standard		3.00	8.50	11.5

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Further particulars respecting the milk samples are given in tables
CXXVII. and CXXVIII.

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Islington 1903

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Table: Quality of the Milks.—The.fact is also borne out by the difference in the quality of the milk as it arrives at the railways, and as it is sold in the streets.

Table: In the light of the figures given for many years by your medical officer of health there can be no doubt that the official standard set up by the Board of Agriculture should be revised.

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