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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
Westminster 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster]
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Sample of Milk, as certified by three different Analysts.
Percentages of Added Water, as Calculated from the Analytical Findings
when compared with the following standards of Milk:—
| Fair Average Milk, containing 12.5 % of Milk Solids. | Bottom limit Milk, containing 11.25 % of Milk Solids. | Bottom limit Milk, regarding its 8.5 % of Non-fatty Solids; disregarding excess or deficiency in its 2.75 % Fat. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.94 | .8752 | 10.94 | .9724 | 8.25 | .9706 |
| 12.50 | 11.25 | 8.50 | |||
| Average Milk | 87.52 % | Bottom limit | Milk, 97.24 % | Bottom limit Milk, | 97.06 % |
| Added Water | 12.48% | Added Water | 2.76 % | Added Water | 2.94% |
| 11.00 | .88 | ||||
| 12.50 | |||||
| Average Milk | 88.00 % | ||||
| Added Water | 12.00 % | ||||
| 10.86 | .8688 | 10.86 | .9653 | 7.72 | .9082 |
| 12.50 | 11.25 | 8.50 | |||
| Average Milk | 86.88% | Bottom limit Milk, | 96.53 % | Bottom limit Milk, | 90.82 % |
| Added Water | 13.12% | Added Water | 3.47 % | Added Water | 9.18 % |
| 10.87 | .8697 | 10.87 | .9662 | 8.20 | .9647 |
| 12.50 | 11.25 | 8.50 | |||
| Average Milk | 86.97 % | Bottom limit Milk, | 96.62 % | Bottom limit Milk, | 96.47 % |
| Added Water | 13.03 % | Added Water | 3.38% | Added Water | 3.53 % |