London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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St Pancras 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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Consecutive No.Inspector's Numbering.Price paid lor i pintHow served. (The remarks were all made after the purchases were completed.)
11.N M 11d. 1Purchased by an Agent and served by the Dairyman from a milk pail in the shop. He said he was supplied by a large Dairy Company, Limited.
12N M 121Purchased by an Agent and served by the assistant in shop from a milk pail behind the counter in the shop.
13N M 1311Purchased by an Agent and served by wife of Dairyman who fetched the milk from the rear of the premises. Supplied direct from farmer.
14N 31 141Purchased by an Agent and served by the Dairyman from a churn outside of the shop. He had just fetched it from the railway station.
15N M 151Purchased by an Agent and served by the Dairyman from a churn in the shop and strained into a pail. He said he was supplied by a large Dairy Company, Limited.
1(5N M 162This milk was drawn from a cross-bred Guernsey cow into the bottle. Method of milking—Middle milk, two teats. Date of parturition, about 2j months. Daily yield, about 10 quarts.
17N M 172This milk was drawn from a black and white cow direct into a bottle. Method of milking—Middle milk, four teats. Date of parturition, just before Easter. Daily yield, about 10 quarts.
18N M 18This milk was drawn from a blue roan cow direct into a bottle. Method of milking—Middle milk, 4 teats. Date of parturition, about 6 months. Daily yield, about 10 quarts.
19N M 191Purchased by an Agent and served by the Dairyman from a counter-pan. He told the Agent only nursery milk was sold. He said, " What do you call nursery milk ? " I replied, " What do you ? " and he then sail, " I call nursery milk, milk sold as received from the cow without colouring matter or without anything added or taken away from it." Supplied by a Dairy Company, Limited.
20N M 201Purchased by an Agent and served from a drum in the shop by the daughter. She said to me when I entered the shop, " I think it is right, see if it is nursery milk, will you ? " There was a counter-pan on the countcr,