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Wandsworth 1921

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

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122 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Milk and Cream.

The samples grouped under the heading "Milk and Cream" were comprised as follows:—

Nature of Sample.Examined.Adulterated.
Formal.Informal.Total.Formal.In-formal.Total.
Milk885789244145
Hot Milk1...11...1
Separated Milk49251303
Condensed Milk...66...00
Cream, fresh7475472229
Cream, preserved28183...2929
Total94414310875552107

Of the 45 samples of Milk found to be adulterated, 26 contained
extraneous water, 16 were deficient in fat, whilst three
were coloured with Annatto.
The one sample of Hot Milk submitted was reported against
as containing extraneous water.
Two samples of Separated Milk were coloured with Annatto.
whilst one contained extraneous water.
All the samples of Cream returned as adulterated contained
Boric Acid as a preservative, whilst the samples of Preserved
Cream reported against were found upon examination to contain
an excess of preservative above that declared upon the label.
Thus, the amount of adulteration reported in the case of the
Milk and Cream samples submitted was, for formal samples,
5.8 per cent.; for informal samples, 3.6 per cent.; and for all
samples, 9.8 per cent.