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Examination of Milk.
London milk has lately undergone a scrutinizing examination
by Professor Vcelcher; he finds it largely diluted with water.
In Paddington, some of the best and one of the worst specimens
of milk were found. My examination of 12 specimens confirm
the fact that some retail dealers dilute with water to the extent
of about one-fifth part.
Pure milk is delivered wholesale twice a-day at the Great
Western Railway Station, and may be sold in retail shops at a
profit of about sixpence per gallon. Therefore, without any
fraudulent practices, the public ought to be supplied with good
milk, having a proportion of 6 to 8 per cent, of cream, at from
2d. to 2½d. per pint.
Slaughter-Houses and Cow-Sheds.
At the meeting of Magistrates held on the 28th of October,
thirty applications for the renewal of slaughter-house licenses
were presented. Twenty-five licenses were granted, one was
refused, and four applicants did not attend.
Twenty persons applied for cow-shed licenses: eighteen were
granted, two stood over to an adjourned meeting, and have
since been granted, with the four other applications for slaughterhouses.