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[1904
Milk.—6011samples were examined, of which 47 or 7.8 per cent. were
adulterated, as compared with 9.8 per cent. in 1903. and 9.9 per cent. in 1902.
164 samples were purchased on Sundays, of which 6 or 3.6 per cent. were
adulterated; 317 were obtained on week days, of which 41 or 12.9 per cent.
were sophisticated; and 120 were procured at railway stations, of which none
was reported against, a fact which goes a long way to prove that the
sophistification of milk occurs mainly in London and not at the farms.
Quality of the Milks.—The average quality of all the milks analysed
was good, as they showed 3.83 per cent. of fat, as compared with the official
standard of 3.0 per cent. The quality of the farmers' milks, that is of those
procured in course of transit at railway stations, was the highest, giving 3.97
per cent. of fat, compared with 3.78 per cent. from the milks purchased on
Sundays, and 374 per cent. from those obtained on week days.
The analyses of these milks also show that they were in all probability
slightly watered, for the percentage of non fatty solids shows a slight departure
from the farmers' milks, which contained 8.62 per cent. as compared with 8.52
per cent. in the case of the Sunday milks and 8.48 per cent. in that of the weekday
milks.
No of Samples
Analysed.
Percentage
of Fat.
Percentage
of Solids,
not Fat.
Percentage
of
Total Solids.
Railway Milks
120
3.97
8.62
12.59
Week Day Milks
317
3.74
8.48
I2.22
Sunday Milks
164
3.78
8.52
I2.30
Official Standard
...
3.00
8.50
1150
The high character of the Railway or Farmers' milks is shown by these
and the following returns for the last seven years.
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
I9OI
141
3.69
8.77
12.46
1902
90
3.85
8.82
12.67
I903
120
3.90
8.66
12.56
I904
120
3.97
8.62
12.59
Total and Averages
832
3.94
8.75
12.69
Official Standard
...
3.00
8.50
11.50