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Summary proceedings were ordered to be taken in 96 instances,
25 cautions were issued, the attention of the vendors was called to the
report of the Analyst in 24 instances, and no action was taken
with regard to 107 samples which deviated slightly from the standard or
were test purchases not taken officially.
There were 100 non-official samples purchased during the year.
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Milk. —937 samples of ordinary milk were taken during the year.
The Analysts have graded the samples submitted to them into four
groups:—Good quality, in which the fat was over 3.8 per cent.; fair
quality, in which the fat was between 3.3 and 3.8 per cent.; and
poor or inferior quality, in which the fat was between 3 per cent, (the
official standard) and 3*3 per cent., or in which the non-fatty solids
were between 8 5 and 8*6 (if the fat was also below 3*8). Adulterated
are those below the official standard of 3 per cent, for fat and 8'5 for
solids not fat.
District.
Total.
Good Quality.
No.
Percent.
Fair Quality.
No.
Per cent.
Poor Quality.
No.
Per cent.
Adulterated.
No.
Percent.
South 412 142 34.4 177 42.9 63 15.2 30 72.0
North 525 161 30.6 150 28.4 162 30.8 52 9.90
1915 937 303 32.3 327 34.8 225 24.0 82 8.70
1914 894 250 27.9 364 40.7 217 24.2 63 7.04
1913 910 255 28.0 343 37.6 233 25. 6 79 8.60
1912 873 251 28.7 297 34.0 252 28.8 73 8.30
1911 911 305 33.3 311 34.1 218 23.9 77 8.40
1910 947 332 35.0 328 34.6 179 18.9 108 11.40
1909 951 285 29.9 357 37.5 223 23.4 86 9.04
1908 860 335 38.9 267 31.0 176 20.4 82 9.50
1907 792 255 32.2 290 36.6 172 21.7 75 9.40
1906 806 267 33.1 252 31.2 168 20.8 119 14.07
1905 831 305 36.7 281 33.8 153 18.4 92 11.07
Although superior quality milk shows a decided improvement to
that of 1914, there is a deterioration in that of medium quality, and
the proportion of adulterated samples was greater.
The quality of the milk sold in the North area of the City appears
to be inferior to that sold in the South.
Fifty-one prosecutions were taken with regard to adulteration—
37 for fat abstracted, 11 for added water, 2 for both fat abstracted and
added water, and 1 for having 20.42 grains of boiic acid per gallon.
(See 784 S.) Cautions were given to sellers whose milk contained less
than 5 per cent, of added water, or had less than 5 per cent, of fat
abstracted. Warranties were set up as a defence in 22 instances,