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QUALITY OF Milk
The time of year is one of the chief circumstances on which
the variations in the composition of cows' milk depend, and the
year may be divided into four periods according to the character
of the milk yielded. Thus, during period one, i.e. November,
December and January, milk is rich in fat and solids-not-fat.
During the second period, February, March and April, the fat
figure falls whilst the solids-not-fat content remains the same.
At the beginning of the third period, May to August, the fat
content is less but tends to rise towards the end of the period,
and September and October, the fourth period, sees an increase
in both fat and solids-not-fat.
It will be seen then that Fulham's milk supply appears to
follow the normal rise and fall.
The arrangement whereby samples of milk are taken either at,
or in course of delivery to, the hospitals, institutions, schools
etc., in the Borough was continued during 1954, and the following
were taken for chemical analysis, the results being on the table
included in Page 68.
Institution. No. of samples
Fulham Hospital 9
Hestern Fever Hospital
LoC.Cc Schoolso 51
Meals Kitchens etc 4
Fulham Maternity Home 2
Day Nurseries 3
Total. 21
REGISTRATION OF PURVEYORS OF Milk.
The Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised
Milk) Regulations, 1949, provide that as from 1st October 1954
all pasteurised milk shall be put into bottles or other containers
in which it is to be delivered by retail at the premises at which
it is pasteurised as soon as possible after pasteurisation. In the
past, the majority of registered purveyors purchased their supplies
of milk in chums from reputable wholesalers by whom it had been