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Holborn 1937

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

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Table: No. 2. Monthly Variation of Chemical Composition of Milk, 1937.

No. 2. Monthly Variation of Chemical Composition of Milk, 1937.

Month.Number of Samples examined.Total Solids. Per cent, average.Solids Non-fat. Per cent, average.Fat. Per cent, ave
January2612 508 963-54
February1312'238-903-28
March............
April3912-228893.33
May............
June1212018-743.27
July512078-973-10
August4311-878-483-39
September2112-729-173-55
October1812-498 893-60
November812-428-823-60
December2812-358-833-i2
Whole year21212-358 923-43
Legal minimum...11-508-50300

Table: It will be observed that the average composition of the milk supplied to the Borough during the year was fat 3.43 per cent. and non-fatty solids 8.92 per cent. These figures approximate very closely to those of the previous four years, averages of which are tabulated below:—

It will be observed that the average composition of the milk supplied to the Borough during the year was fat 3.43 per cent. and non-fatty solids 8.92 per cent. These figures approximate very closely to those of the previous four years, averages of which are tabulated below:—

Year.No. of samples examinedTotal solids, (average).Fat. (average).Non-fatty solids.(average).
193319612.403.608.80
193422412.473.528.95
193521812.483.558.93
193613212.493.508.99
193721212.353.438.92

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Cheese.—Unfortunately there is at present no official standard for cheese and
although attempts have been made in Holborn and in other districts to establish
some kind of legal limit to which the fat content in the various types of cheese
should conform, no Regulations have been made to define the position clearly.
The sample of cheese which was certified to be adulterated was labelled as a
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