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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Milk and Cream.
MILK.
880 samples of milk were procured for analysis during the year.
69 or 7.8 per cent. were reported against as being adulterated
or not up to legal standard.
872 samples were purchased officially, of which 68 or 7.8 per
cent. were adulterated, and eight samples purchased informally, of
which one or 12.5 per cent. was reported against.
38 samples were found to contain added water, 29 were deficient
in milk fat, and two were deficient in milk fat and contained added
water.
Proceedings were taken in 37 cases, and in 32 cases the Public
Health Committee, after considering the amount of adulteration
and the circumstances of sale, decided not to prosecute the vendors,
but to take further samples.
27 samples of milk were taken on delivery at various Public
Institutions situated within the Borough. All these samples were
reported to be genuine.
57 samples of milk were procured whilst in transit from the
farmer to the retailer, the samples being taken as the milk arrived
at various railway stations within the Borough, both at mid-night
and mid-day deliveries.
Seven samples were reported against five of these being from
one farmer. Proceedings were instituted against the farmer in
these cases, who at the hearing of the summons satisfied the magistrate
that the milk had not been tampered with, and that he sold
and delivered the milk in the same condition as it came from the
cow. The summons was dismissed.