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MILK DELIVERIES.
In the course of the year your Medical Officer of Health had occasion to
make enquiries as to the amount of milk delivered at the several railway
stations in the City, when it was ascertained that milk is delivered at four of
them only, where the following are the average daily deliveries:—
Liverpool Street 6,400 Imperial gallons.
Broad Street 448 „ „
Moorgate Street (Midland Railway) 32 „ „
Fenchurch Street 1,280 „ „
8,160 Imperial gallons.
This does not represent the whole of the milk coming into and passing
through the City, as the large dairy supply companies deliver direct from their
depots to numbers of retailers and restaurant keepers, &c.
In the Annual Report of the Local Government Board, 1901-1902, a
statement is made on the authority of the Dairy Trade and Can Protection
Society that the quantity of milk received in the London area from outside is
approximately 144,000 Imperial gallons a day.
Seven samples of milk were taken in the early morning in course of
delivery by the wholesale dealer, and in two instances it was found that
retailers were being supplied with milk of an inferior quality.
A sample of milk purchased at a restaurant in Middlesex Street was certi6ed
to be adulterated with 9 per cent. of added water. A statement having been
made by the proprietor that the milk was sold as received by him, a sample
was taken on delivery. This sample, which was supplied by a wholesale milk
dealer in Stepne, was found to contain 12 per cent, of added water.
The two cases were heard at the Guildhall Justice Room, when both parties
were convicted, and the wholesale dealer fined the maximum penalty of £20
and 16s. 6d. expenses. The restaurant keeper, who had purchased without a
warranty, was fined 5s. and 17s. 6d. expenses only.