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St Giles (Camberwell) 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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215
VESTRY of ST. GILES, CAMBERWELL.
Quarterly Reports received from Dr. Bernays, as Public Analyst.
under the "adulteration of foods act," for the year
ending Lady-Day, 1878.
Chemical Laboratory,
St. Thomas' Hospital Medical and Surgical College,
Midsu miner, 187 7.
To the Vestry of St. Giles, Camber well,
Gentlemen,
In presenting my Quarterly Report, I have
to remark that I have made analyses of fifty-five
articles, and of these, twenty seven consisted of
Milks.
There is a distinct retrogression in the character
of milk, and this I attribute to the irregularity in
obtaining samples, and the long intervals at the end
of each quarter.
To take only the two last quarters—No