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Islington 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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1907]

The results of the analyses during the year were as follow:—

ObtainedNo. of Samples. Analysed.Percentage of Fat.Percentage of Solids, not Fat.Percentage of Total Solids.
At Railway Stations12033968.7712.73
On Weekdays3273.768.6512.41
On Sundays1503.638.6412.27
Official Standard...3.008.5011.50

Table CXXX.

Showing the analyses of5,740milks examined in Islington during the ten years1898-1907,and distinguishing those purchased on Sundays, on Weekdays, and procured at the Railway Stations while in transit from the Farmer to the London Milk Purveyor.

Years.Sunday Milks.Week-day Milks.Railway Milks (Farmers).
No. of Samples.Per cent. of non-fatty solids.Per cent. of fatNo. of samples.Per cent. of non-fatty solids.Per cent. of fat.No. of samples.Per cent. of non-fatty solids.Per cent. of fat.
18981938.503.502308.563.691208.844.04
18991818.493.502318.533.581208.824.23
19001968.643.622248.553.531218.753.93
19011968.563.642958.603.491418.773.69
19021928.593.602748.643.51908.763.85
19031678.423.862188.473.741208.663.90
19041648.523.783178.483.741208.623.97
19051618.553.683238.513.721128.663.87
19061958.493.583328.523.591108.753.69
19071508.643.633278.653.761208.773.96
Ten Years1,7958.543.642,7718.553.631,1748.743.91

From these analyses the following averages have been deduced:—

Non-fatty solids.Fat.Total solids.
1795 Sunday Milks8.543.6412.18
2771 Week-day Milks8.553.6312.l8
1,174 Farmers' Milk8.743.9112.65