Annual report of the public analyst appointed for the parish of Kensington for the year ended 31st March, 1889.

  • Cassal, Charles E.
Date:
1889
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report of the public analyst appointed for the parish of Kensington for the year ended 31st March, 1889. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Table V. Percentages—Milk. Year. 1885-80. 1886-87. 1887-88. 1888-89. Genuine ... 29-0 37-86 55-46 58-33 Adulterated 46-3 39-92 27-07 20-84 Inferior 11-0 18-10 14-41 14-81 Abnormal ... 13-7 4-12 3-06 6-02 Number of Samples ... 218 243 229 216 It wiri be seen from this Table that of Milk of bad quality, including x^dulterated and Inferior samples, there were 35'65 per cert, in 1888-89, as against 41-48 „ 1887-88, 68-02 ,, 1886-87, and 57-3 ,, 1385-86, And that the samples other than'genuine normal Milk amounted to, 41-67 per cent, in 1888-89, as against 44-54 „ in 1887-88, 62-14 ,, 1886-87, and 71-0 „ 1886-86.