[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough] page 66

Islington 1927

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

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Table: Milk.—The qualitative result of the Analyses of the Milk samples, which have now been published for many years, are as follows :—

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Milk.—The qualitative result of the Analyses of the Milk samples, which have now been published for many years, are as follows :—

No. of Samples.		Soldis not Fat.	Fat.	Total Solids.
Milk purchased on Sundays	83	8.87	3.49	12.36
Milk purchased on Week-days	409	8.86	3.73	12.59
Milk produced in transit at Finsbury Park Station	94	8.84	3.69	12.53
Official Standard	-	8.50	3.00	11 50

Table: Sophistication of Milk—The particulars as to the genuineness or otherwise of the samples procured or purchased on Sundays, Weekdays, and at Finsbury Park Railway Station are as follows :—

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Sophistication of Milk—The particulars as to the genuineness or otherwise of the samples procured or purchased on Sundays, Weekdays, and at Finsbury Park Railway Station are as follows :—

	Number taken	Genuine.	Adulterated.	Percentage Adulterated.
On Sundays	129	128	1	0.7
On Week-days	378	370	8	2.1
At Railway Stations	233	212	21	9.0
Farmers' Milks	740	710	30	4.0

Table: Giving the particulars of theMilkstaken during each quarter of1927on Sundays, Week-days, and at the Railway Stations.

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Giving the particulars of theMilkstaken during each quarter of1927on Sundays, Week-days, and at the Railway Stations.

1927.	No. of Samples Taken,				Genuine.				Adulterated.				Per cent. Adulterated.
Quarters.	Sundays.	Weekdays.	Railway Stations.	\| All Milks.	Sundays.	Week-days.	Railway Stations.	All Milks.	Sundays.	Weekdays.	Railway Stations.	All Milks.	Sundays.	Weekdays.	Railway Stations.	All Milks,
1st Quarter	31	145	67	243	30	140	59	229	1	5	8	14	3-2	3 4	120	5.7
2nd „	41	104	71	216	41	101	63	205	-	3	8	11	-	2.8	11.2	5 1
3rd ,,	31	96	58	185	31	96	53	180	-_	-	5	5	-	-	8.6	2.7
4th „	26	33	37	96	26	33	37	96	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Year	129	378	233	740	128	370	212	710 1	1	8	21	30	0.7	2.1	9.0	4.0

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The number of samples of milk purchased was 740, of which 710 were genuine
and 30, or 4 per cent, were adulterated.

Table: Showing the samples of milk reported as genuine or adulterated during the past 10 years and in 1927 :—MILK ADULTERATION.

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Showing the samples of milk reported as genuine or adulterated during the past 10 years and in 1927 :—

MILK ADULTERATION.

	Samples Analysed.	Genuine.	Adulterated	Per cent. Adulterated.
1917	592	526	66	11.1
1918	634	537	97	15.3
1919	638	579	59	9.2
1920	642	605	37	5.7
1921	644	605	39	6.0
1922	638	576	62	9.7
1923	676	644	32	4.7
1924	681	646	35	5.1
1925	684	652	32	4.7
1926	586	565	21	3.6
Totals 10 yrs.	641	593	48	7.5
1927	740	710	30	4.0

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Islington 1927

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Table: Milk.—The qualitative result of the Analyses of the Milk samples, which have now been published for many years, are as follows :—

Table: Sophistication of Milk—The particulars as to the genuineness or otherwise of the samples procured or purchased on Sundays, Weekdays, and at Finsbury Park Railway Station are as follows :—

Table: Giving the particulars of theMilkstaken during each quarter of1927on Sundays, Week-days, and at the Railway Stations.

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Table: Showing the samples of milk reported as genuine or adulterated during the past 10 years and in 1927 :—MILK ADULTERATION.