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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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milk fat and 2 containing extraneous water. The percentages of
extraneous water found in the 2 adulterated samples were 1 £ per
cent, and 4i per cent, respectively, whilst the deficiency in milk
fat in the four samples so reported against ranged from 2 to 13
per cent.
In the 5 years 1928-32, and in 1933, the percentage of adulterated (formal) samples of milk was as under:—
| Year. | Samples taken. | Adulterated. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Percentage. | ||
| 1928 | 668 | 21 | 3.2 |
| 1929 | 603 | 11 | 1.8 |
| 1930 | 707 | 18 | 2.5 |
| 1931 | 777 | 28 | 3.6 |
| 1932 | 760 | 13 | 1.7 |
| Mean | 703 | 18.2 | 2.6 |
| 1933 | 768 | 6 | 0.8 |
A considerable proportion of the milk supply of London is
received at Clapham Junction and the South Lambeth Goods Station
of the Great Western Railway, and samples are systematically
taken on the arrival of the milk at these two Stations. Such
samples are included in the return on page 89.
The average composition of the 761 samples of milk (all formal), excluding separated milk, reported as genuine, proved to be as under:—
| Total milk solids | 12.38 per cent. |
| Milk fat | 3.61 „ |
| Not-fatty solids. | 8.77 „ |
The content of milk fat in these 761 samples ranged as follows:
| 4 per cent, and over | 67 samples or 8.8 per cent. | ||
| Between 3.9 and 4.0 per cent. | 38 „ | „ 5.0 „ | |
| „ 3.8„ | 3.9 „ | 57 „ | „ 7.5 „ |
| „ 3.7 „ | 3.8 „ | 87 „ | „ 11.4 „ |
| „ 3.6 „ | 3.7 „ | 119 „ | „ 15.6 „ |
| „ 3.5 „ | 3.6 „ | 129 „ | „ 170 „ |
| „ 3.4 „ | 3.5 „ | 125 „ | „ 16.4 „ |
| „ 3.3 ,, | 3.4 „ | 87 „ | „ 11.4 „ |
| „ 3.2 „ | 3.3 „ | 34 „ | „ 4.5 „ |
| „ 3.1 „ | 3.2 „ | 12 „ | „ 1.6 „ |
| 3.0 „ | 3.1 „ | 6 ,, | „ 0.8 „ |
| 761 | 100.0 | ||