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by gaseous exhalations from the water-closet waste-pipe,
or emanations from the dust bin, is highly objectionable,
it must be remembered that the public have the remedy
much in their own hands. A majority of the public is not
prepared for submitting to the conditions which a constant
supply would necessitate. Occupiers of houses in
streets and districts can at any time avail themselves of
this mode of supply by attending to, and going to the
expense of proper pipes, cocks and machinery to prevent
waste of water.
Periodical Examination of Milk sold in Paddington.
I have as usual made examinations of milk sold and
supplied, both wholesale and retail, in various parts of
the Parish. Between thirty and forty specimens have
been taken and submitted to tests, showing the percentage
of cream, the specific gravity, and the probable
amount of dilution with water and other adulterations
in them.
The occasional examination of milk by Metropolitan
Medical Officers of Health has undoubtedly been the
means of improving the quality of London milk.
Dairy companies and dairies have professed to supply
the public with a better quality of milk by bringing it
from the country by rail. A keen competition of
London cow-keepers has also brought about a better
mode of cow feeding. The health of these cows is
attended to, so that the quality of London milk may
now be favourably compared with that brought from
the country to London by railway.
The result, after analysis, of specimens, purchased
casually from the milk shops by a responsible person,
is shown in Tables VIII. and IX. and X.