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1885-86.
ANALYST'S REPORTS.
CHEMICAL LAB ORATORY,
St. Thomas's Hospital, S.E.
June 24th, 1885.
To the Vestry of St. Giles, Camberwell.
Gentlemen,
In presenting my Report this quarter, I have to state
with reference to Milk, that the number of cases prosecuted
do not cover the ground as to real adulteration. More arc
slightly adulterated, but the limit your Committee have
fixed—which is almost exactly that of Somerset House—
enables me to give a more favourable report than would
otherwise be the case. Of thirty-five Milks analysed, no
fewer than thirteen have been examined in duplicate. Nine
of them were found to be mixed with water to the extent,
respectively, of 10, 10, 13, 8, 10, 10, 12, 19 and 10 per cent.
of water; so that over 25 per cent. are adulterated with
water.
Since my last Report a case has been referred to
Somerset House. As it is interesting, I take the liberty
of recording it for future reference.
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