DISTRIBUTION OF B. COLI COMMUNE 
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TABLE IX 
Laboratory Analyses of Foods, Nov. iith, 1899, to April 30 m, 1900 
(See also this volume, p. 37 ) 
Description of Fooil 
No. of samples 
examined 
No. of samples 
in which 
B.coli commune 
was present 
Drinking Water 
S3 
O 
Milk (New) 
239 
•7 
Milk (Skim) 
3 
0 
Milk (Condensed) ... 
10 
0 
Butter 
1 2 
0 
Cheese 
4 
Margarine... 
4 
0 
Oatmeal and Flour ... 
1 1 
0 
Tinned Meat, Fish, &c. 
22 
0 
Shell-fish (Fresh) ... 
66 
2 
Sausages ... 
0 
Fluid Beef ... 
0 
Suet 
1 
0 
Worcester Sauce, &c. 
2 
0 
Preserved Fruits and Jams 
0 
Total 
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