60 MILK-ANALYSIS. 



ordinary way in which, many of the butters have been made 

 to take up water. 



" I have also given an opinion on the quality of the butter, 

 or its flavor. This opinion was obtained from professed 

 butter-dealers. 



" Fourteen of the butters contain an undue proportion of 

 water, viz., Kensington, Marylebone, St. Luke's (Chelsea), 

 Paddington (fresh), Paddington (paupers), Whitechapel (in- 

 mates), City of London (inmates), Holborn (inmates), Cam_ 

 berwell, Stepney (inmates), Clapham and Wandsworth 

 (inmates), Hackney (inmates), St. George's-in-the-East 

 (inmates), Greenwich (inmates). 



" The worst case of undue wetness and saltness is * White- 

 chapel, inmates,' which contains 35.6 per cent, of salt and 

 water ; and, after deducting the small quantity of organic 

 matter which is not fat, is seen to contain only some 60 per 

 cent, of fat. 



