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St Giles (Camberwell) 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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1880-81 .
ANALYST'S REPORTS.
Midsummer, 1880.
To the Vestry of St. Giles, Camberwell.
Gentlemen,
During the Quarter just passed, I have examined
seventy articles of more or less importance. These
include 35 samples of Milk. Several of these Milks,
such as Nos. 35, 52, 64, and 67, lie just between the
border-land of passing the ordeal of analysis, and
being certified as adulterated. Three have been found
mixed with, respectively, 16, 28 and 13 percent. of
water, and these were numbered 54, 66, and 60.
Two Milks, Nos. 23 and 65, I have ventured to
arraign as skimmed. One of these Milks is to be