To determine the quality of milk consumed in London, Mr. J. Wicliffe Peck, F.C.S., and the translator collected at random 101 samples of that offered for sale in various districts, between September 28 and October 10, 1906. The following are the results of their analysis:--
|
District |
Number of Samples |
Average Percentage of Butter |
Average Percentage of Butter Removed |
Average Percentage of Water Added |
|
Battersea |
2 |
4.50 |
--- |
--- |
|
Bethnal Green |
2 |
3.25 |
18.75 |
9.14 |
|
City |
2 |
4.00 |
--- |
4.00 |
|
Chelsea |
6 |
3.55 |
11.25 |
7.05 |
|
Deptford |
4 |
4.20 |
--- |
2.90 |
|
Finsbury |
2 |
3.30 |
17.50 |
11.45 |
|
Fulham |
4 |
3.50 |
12.50 |
5.06 |
|
Hackney |
2 |
3.20 |
20.00 |
6.41 |
|
Hammersmith |
3 |
3.68 |
8.00 |
5.70 |
|
Hampstead |
3 |
3.73 |
6.75 |
5.85 |
|
Holborn |
8 |
3.54 |
11.50 |
13.86 |
|
Islington |
5 |
3.96 |
1.00 |
8.32 |
|
Kensington |
5 |
3.88 |
3.00 |
8.05 |
|
Lambeth |
7 |
3.74 |
4.00 |
8.75 |
|
Lewisham |
4 |
3.65 |
8.75 |
6.13 |
|
Paddington |
2 |
3.40 |
15.00 |
2.22 |
|
Poplar |
2 |
3.75 |
6.25 |
7.54 |
|
St. Marylebone |
2 |
3.70 |
7.5 |
6.96 |
|
St. Pancras |
12 |
3.69 |
7.75 |
10.76 |
|
Shoreditch |
2 |
3.25 |
18.75 |
5.92 |
|
Southwark |
2 |
3.70 |
7.5 |
6.22 |
|
Stepney |
2 |
3.95 |
1.50 |
10.35 |
|
Stoke Newington |
2 |
4.20 |
--- |
8.52 |
|
Wandsworth |
3 |
3.00 |
25.00 |
6.77 |
|
Westminster |
11 |
3.82 |
4.50 |
7.13 |
|
Woolwich |
2 |
3.27 |
18.25 |
14.35 |
|
Average |
3.66 |
8.5 |
7.28 | |
68 of the samples of milk had been skimmed: 12 had lost from 1-5 per cent. of the normal butter; 12 from 5-10 per cent.; 16 from 10-15 per cent.; 12 from 15-20 per cent.; 10 from 20-25 per cent.; and 6 more than 25 per cent.; of the last, one had lost 26 per cent., one 29 per cent., two 30 per cent., and one 65 per cent.
89 had been watered: 28 contained 1-5 per cent. of added water; 26, 5-10 per cent.; 17, 10-15 per cent.; 13, 15-20 per cent.; and 5 over 20 per cent.
1 cost 3 pence per quart.
1 cost 3 1/2 pence per quart.
99 cost 4 pence per quart.