[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough] page 105

Hammersmith 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

105
indicative of the need for constant supervision, but I think
it may be said that the efficient inspection that the milk
supply of our Borough receives has led in recent years to
a welcome decrease in adulteration of this essential food.

Table: Table IV, below, shows the average composition of milk as sold in the Borough month by month and for the whole year. Table IV.

Download table as:

Table IV, below, shows the average composition of milk as sold in the Borough month by month and for the whole year. Table IV.

Month.	No. examined.	Fat (per cent.).	Non-fatty solids (per cent.).
January	20	4.20	8.86
February	37	3.75	8.83
March	32	3.52	8.82
April	27	3.60	8.82
May	29	3.48	8.83
June	26	3.23	8.83
July	27	3.51	8.71
August	37	3.58	8 68
September	37	3.69	8.80
October	46	3.80	8.90
November	25	3.91	8.86
December	71	3.83	8.86
Whole year	414	3.67	8.82

Table: The following Table shows the numbers of milks classified as of good, fair and poor quality in each quarter of the year, omitting, of course, the adulterated ones:— Table V.

Download table as:

The following Table shows the numbers of milks classified as of good, fair and poor quality in each quarter of the year, omitting, of course, the adulterated ones:— Table V.

Period.	Good quality.	Fair quality.	Poor quality.
1st quarter	8	75	6
2nd ,,	6	50	23
	16	72	10
4th	59	78	5
Whole year	89	275	44

London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hammersmith 1936

Text

Table: Table IV, below, shows the average composition of milk as sold in the Borough month by month and for the whole year. Table IV.

Table: The following Table shows the numbers of milks classified as of good, fair and poor quality in each quarter of the year, omitting, of course, the adulterated ones:— Table V.