[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Dumfries County Council.

  • Dumfriesshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Dumfries County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The mean composition of Milk ordinarily sold within the County may not unreasonably be inferred from the analytical data of samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. These numbered 61, and were taken at fairly regular intervals throughout the year. The respective figures afford an interesting comparison. Since only 61 Samples are involved, these results are arranged in the form of quarterly averages, Table No. 3. Table No. 3. Period. Milk. Fat. N.F.S. T.S. Ash. Jan./Mar. - -S.D. ... ... 384 8'90 1274 •73 -Ordinary ... 3'55 8-62 12-17 •72 Apr./June - -S.D. ... ... 377 8'97 1274 •71 -Ordinary ... 353 8-64 1217 •72 July/Sept. - -S.D. ... ... 4-08 8’97 12-74 ■71 -Ordinary ... 343 893 1263 •73 Oct./Dec. - -S.D. ... ... 415 . . . . . . . . . -Ordinary ... 372 8-74 12-46 •74 Yearly averages for 1926 and 1927 for Graded and Ordinary Milk are given in Table No. 4, together with the average for all Samples during the same periods. Table No. 4. Milk. Fat. N.F.S. T.S. Ash. Year 1927 —S.D 396 8-94 1290 •72 —Ordinary 355 8-73 12-28 •73 Year 1926—S.D. ... 3-90 8-86 12-76 . . . —Ordinary 363 8-82 1245 . . . Average of all Samples— 1927 382 8-85 12-67 •72 1926 373 8'84 12-57 • • • The grand average for the year 1927 shows a slightly increased percentage of Milk Fat. The Non-Fatty Solids remain practically stationary. These figures afford no confirmation, but rather the reverse, of the assertion some- times made by the defence in Court, that the wet summer of last year had caused a depression in the Fat Content of Milk throughout the entire country.