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Islington 1908

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

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Table: Table CXXIX.Showing the analyses of 6,344 milks examined in Islington during the eleven years 1898-1908, and distinguishing those purchased on Sundays, on Weekdays, and procured at the Railway Stations while in transit from the Farmer to the London Milk Purveyor.

Table CXXIX.

Showing the analyses of 6,344 milks examined in Islington during the eleven years 1898-1908, and distinguishing those purchased on Sundays, on Weekdays, and procured at the Railway Stations while in transit from the Farmer to the London Milk Purveyor.

Years.Sunday Milks.Week-day Milks.Railway Milks (Farmers).
No. of Samples.Per cent. ft non-fatty solids.Per cent. of fat.No. of samples.Per cent. of non-fatty solids.Per cent. of fat.No. of samples.Per cent. of non-fatty solids.Per cent. of fat.
18981938.503.502308.563.691208.844.04
18991818.493.502318.533.581208.824.23
19001968.643.622248.553.531218.753.93
19011968.563.642958.603.491418.773.69
19021928.593.602748.643.51908.763.85
19031678.423.862188.473.741208.663.90
19041648.523.783178.483.741208.623.97
19051618.553.683238.513.721128.663.87
19061958.493.583328.523.591108.753.69
19071508.643.633278.653.761208.773.96
190s1608.583.693248.583.521208.733.88
Eleven Years1,9558.593.643,0958.553.621,2948.743.91

Table: From these analyses the following averages have been deduced:—

From these analyses the following averages have been deduced:—

Solids not fat.Fat.Total solids.
1,955 Sunday Milks8.593.6412.23
3,095 Week-day Milk8.553.6212.17
1,294 Farmers' Milk8.743.9112.65
Total Milks8.633.7212.35

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The Effect of an Official Standard.— It has been frequently contended
that the effect of a minimum standard is to cause the vendors of milk to reduce
good milks to as near it as it is possible without incurring the risk of prosecution,
so, with a view of discovering how far this is true, the Medical Officer
of Health examined the analyses of 4,090 milks made by the Public Analyst,
with the following results:—