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

Islington 1936

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

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	Examined.		Genuine.		Adulterated.		Per Cent.
	Formal	Informal	Formal	Informal	Formal	Informal	Adulterated.
1st Quarter	263	187	250	181	13	6	4.2
2nd	172	88	165	88	7	—	2.7
3rd	130	42	126	41	4	1	2.9
4th	180	120	178	117	2	3	1.6
The Year	745	437	719	427	26	10	3.0

Table: Milk.—The qualitative results of the Analyses of the milk samples taken during the year are as follows:—

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Milk.—The qualitative results of the Analyses of the milk samples taken during the year are as follows:—

No. of Samples.		Solids not Fat.	Fat.	Total Solids.
Milk purchased on Sundays	24	8.59	8.52	12.11
Milk purchased on Week-days	499	8.60	3.54	12.14
Milk procured in transit (Farmers Milks)	53	8.64	3.74	12.38
Official Standard	—	8.50	300	11.5

Table: Sophistication of Milk.—The particulars as to the genuineness or otherwise of the samples procured or purchased on Sundays, Weekdays, and in transit 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 in transit are as follows :—

	Number taken.	Genuine.	Adulterated.	Percentage Adulterated.
On Sundays	24	23	1	4.1
On Week-days	499	488	11	2.2
In transit	53	49	4	7.5
(Farmers' Milks)
	576	560	16	2.8

Table: Table giving the particulars of theMilkstaken during each quarter of1936on Sundays, Week-days, and in transit (Farmers' Milks).

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Table giving the particulars of theMilkstaken during each quarter of1936on Sundays, Week-days, and in transit (Farmers' Milks).

1936.	No. of Samples Taken.				Genuine.				Adulterated.				Per cent. Adulterated.
Quarters.	Sundays.	Weekdays.	In transit.	All Milks.	Sundays.	Weekdays.	In transit.	All Milks.	Sundays.	Weekdays.	In transit.	All Milks.	Sundays.	Weekdays.	In transit.	All Milks.
1st Quarter	5	202	—	207	5	194	—	199	—	8	—	8	—	3.96	—	3.86
2nd „	5	120	12	137	5	118	8	131	—	2	4	6	—	1.66	33.3	4.38
3rd „	5	79	17	101	5	78	17	100	—	1	—	1	—	1.27	—	0.99
4th „	9	98	24	131	8	98	24	130	1	—	—	1	11.1	—	—	0.76
The Year	24	499	53	576	23	488	49	560	1	11	4	16	4.1	2.2	7.5	2.8

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The number of samples of milk purchased was 576, of which 560 were genuine,
and 16, or 2.8 per cent., were adulterated.

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Islington 1936

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Table:

Table: Milk.—The qualitative results of the Analyses of the milk samples taken during the year 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 in transit are as follows :—

Table: Table giving the particulars of theMilkstaken during each quarter of1936on Sundays, Week-days, and in transit (Farmers' Milks).

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