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St Giles (Camberwell) 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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133
1882-83.
ANALYST'S REPORTS.
Chemical Laboratory,
St. Thomas's Hospital, S.E.,
June 24th, 1882.
To the Vestry of St. Giles, Camberwell.
Gentlemen,
During the past quarter I have analyzed thirtyfive
samples of Milk and no fewer than thirteen in
duplicate; several of these milks thus examined in
duplicate, were so suspicious that although they did
not offer cases for prosecution, they indicated the
necessity for a more complex analysis than is usual.
Ten of the milks were adulterated with respectively,
15, 10, 24, 13, 7, 23, 13, 13, 15, and 8 per cent. of
water; several had been tampered with.