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PUBLIC ANALYST'S REPORT.
TO THE DISTRICT BOARD 01 ST. SAVIOUR'S,
SOUTHWARK.
Gentlemen,- Daring the past twelvemonth I have analyzed
thirty-two samples of Milk. Of those six were adulterated
with, respectively, 11, 9, 10, 28, 7 and 20 per cent. of added
water. The others were passed, although several of them
were on the verge of condemnation. Five Others contained,
each, nearly five per cent. of added water. One of the milks
contained fifty-one per cent. of cream, and six per cent, of
added water. I presume it was a top—kim and given with the
idea that the large amount of cream would prevent the finding
of the added water.
In common justice I ought to mention that some of the
milks retailed in our district are of very first-rate quality; tinvendors
of such should be encouraged.
Only two Condensed Milks have been analyzed. Neither
of them is up to the mark. No. 32 is far supe ior to No. 33,
but neither of them answers to the label. No. 32 is said to
contain the whole of the cream ; if so, we have no acquaintance
with such milk in England. It is certainly made from a
genuine milk, but it is somewhat skimmed either previous t<
or during condensation. No directions are given as to the
amount of water to be added, and consequently 1 believe that
no action can he taken against it.
On the label of the condensed milk, No. 33, it is stated that
a portion of the cream has been abstracted. This is certainly
true; for, if made up with four parts of water, as directed, the
butter fat in it amounts to 014 percent., or about one twentieth
the quantitv contained in a srenuine milk.
It is not watered
but a bad skim. I subjoin the analyses of Nos. 32 and 33 :—
No. 32.
No 33.
Water
28.98
25.530
Fat
6.06
0.695
Casein
14.19
9.770
*Ash
1.93
2.410
Sucrose and Lactose
48.84
61.595
100.00
100.000
* Chlorides
0.34
0.41