APPENDIX D ” LXXXI 
Total samples Found Percentage of 
Year analyzed adulterated adulteration 
lente phen ER AE 180 93 51 
LOT Vo 0 RE ree eae 488 247 ol 
LOTS RON 813 271 33 
MOOR ae aoe, ARR 896 235 26 
RSSOPR ANR rer er 1043 295 28 
ilis{stihs 4 oto ue 1041 260 26 
TEASER 1122 288 26 
TERRA MMA 1243 302 24 
SSAA ARE 1520 485 32 
SSD Metis as aN 1047 282 27 
Lets) Ene PAST à 1142 208 18 
SSSR bre eve ts ee 909 183 25 
Lace alent ISERE 831 219 26 
ORS Sette ee 1062 431 40 
SOON Nebr ALTER a 573 119 21 
1S Ui, ANS SS ea Se 934 201 20 
TRS EPA Ree col ee 829 199 24 
TSS a ao eae ee 850 171 20 
TELUS PI PART RUE 1021 159 15 
SON AURAS 926 161 117 
Le ST D'MTSRMAET PNR 1265 105 9 
1th TI A CN ROME 929 251 27 
MSO Ree ARE RE Es 879 87 10 
SOON CE 805 89 11 
LT In À MESA 756 186 24 
LURE) ER Seana age 881 178 20 
OO ed oh nea EEE 883 81 9 
US CLS eS 541 39 7 
DOS RATES 1417 272 19 
LUE Se ne 789 287 36 
2 MTARVANX 2946 504 17 
INT eae ite 1561 25 2 
TLCS Pe Se eee ee 2861 272 9 
IST ARR ia Maa 3550 232 7 
BNO ere tu nue 3753 174 5 
When we consider that milk is the sole food of children during the 
earliest part of life, and continues to be used as food during the whole 
life of mankind, in this country, it will readily be conceded that, if not 
the most important article of diet, it ranks quite among the most im- 
portant. Milk has been the subject of analysis 26 times since the Act 
came into force, and the percentage of adulteration found is shown in 
the following table. 
It is apparent that the effect of systematic examination of milk 
came to be well marked within the first two or three years in which the 
Act was enforced; an improvement in the quality of milk has contintally 
gone on until the percentage of adulteration is reduced from nearly 
60% in 1876 and 1877 to about 15% during the last few years. 
