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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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APPENDIX D.
NURSERY MILKS.
Results of the Further Sampling and Analyses under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts of the Unsatisfactory Milks in Appendix C.
| Consecutive No. | Inspector's Numbering. | Percentage Composition. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milkfat. | Solids other than Milk Fat. | Total Solids. | |||
| 1 | A. 49 | 3.84 | 8.34 | 87.82 | The deficiency in milk solids other than milk fat corresponds to the presence of 1 per cent. of added water. |
| 1 | 255 | 4.21 | 8.37 | 87.42 | The deficiency corresponds to the presence of 1 per cent. of added water. |
| 6 | 253 | 3.71 | 8.95 | 12.66 | |
| 7 | 252 | 5.87 | 8.47 | 14.34 | |
| 9 | C. 255 | 3.33 | 8.63 | 11.96 | |
| 10 | C. 257 | 3.29 | 8.75 | 12.04 | |
| 19 | 0. 263 | 3.55 | 8.81 | 12.36 | (The Inspector was informed that all the nursery milk was ordered and none left, and only succeeded in getting this sample after five applications, and then only half-a-pint. It is probable that the previous sample was not nursery milk.) |
| 21 | 254 | 2.99 | 8.33 | 88.68 | The deficiency in milk solids other than milk fat corresponds to the presence of 2 per cent. of added water. |
| 25 | C. 256 | 7.10 | 8.90 | 16.00 | |
| 29 | 256 | 5.43 | 8.79 | 14.22 | (The reason for the large deficiency in milk fat of the previous sample could not be discovered.) |
| 39 | - | - | - | - | (The cow that yielded the milk numbered by the Inspector A. 63 in Appendix C. was sent to slaughter by the owner ) |