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" Sample of milk from Ilford :—
The milk had commenced to turn acid. It contained :—
Fat 2.83 per cent.
Solids not fat 8.01 per cent.
10.84
Ash, .705 per cent.
The specific gravity was 1,029.0.
No preservatives could be detected.
This is a milk of very poor quality indeed. It corresponds
to milk of the lowest standard accepted as
genuine with about 6 per cent. of added water."
In December another sample was submitted to Dr.
'Iliresh for analysis, which gave the following result :—
" Report on a sample of milk submitted by the Ilford
Urban District Council. Received December 1st,
1911 :—
The specific gravity was 1,032.
Each 100 parts contained :—
Fat 3.3
Solids not fat 8.8
Total solids 12.1
Ash 0.71
Preservatives : none detected.
This has all the characteristics of a genuine milk of not
over good quality."
What are known as the Manchester clauses were
incorporated in the 1904 Ilford Improvement Act, but in a