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exhibited by some of the samples which have been examined. By the 
adoption of these sanitary regulations an ice cream of standard qual- 
ity can be offered to the consumers of the District of Columbia, so 
that anyone purchasing the article may know definitely the character 
of the material he is buying, the amount which he gets, and may be 
assured of the freshness and purity of its raw materials and free- 
dom from infection during process of manufacture and the time it is 
kept in storage. 
Table III. — Chemical, microscopical, and bacteriological examinations of cream from 
January 30, 1907 , to June 12, 1907. 
Date. 
Serial 
No. 
Fat.. 
Fat 
above(+ ) 
or below 
(-) 18 
per cent. 
Artificial 
color. 
Bacterial 
count 
per cc. 
Streptococ- 
cus. 
! Gas produc- 
tion. 
Leuco- 
cytes. 
1907. 
Per ct. 
Mar. 27 
M 4594 
18. 76 
+ 
145,000 
No 
No 
90,600 
May 1 
M 4824 
22. 27 
15,250,000 ' 
do..’.... 
do 
121,900 
May 3 
M 4829 
23. 16 
+ 
1,050,000 
do 
Bubble 
223, 100 
Feb. 27 
M 4447 
16.60 
57,600 
Few 
1 per cent . . . 
1,672,300 
Mar. 1 
M 4452 
18.68 
+ 
294,330 
do 
No 
1,057,200 
Mar. 12 
M 4511 
17.67 
395,000 
do 
do 
703,300 
May 27 
M 4952 
18.88 
+ 
52, 500, 000 
No ' 
10 per cent. . 
486,200 
Mar. 1 
M 4454 
22. 00 
4* 
1, 175, 000 
Few 
No... 
1,811,500 
Apr. 10 
M 4680 
13.10 

1,987,500 
do 
1 per cent... 
386,300 
Mar. 2 
M 4459 
15. 07 
_ 
458,330 
Few 
No 
21,900 
May 27 
M 4956 
21.38 ! 
+ 
29,500,000 
Many 
10 per cent. . 
22,600 
Mar. 7 
M 4480 
30.00 
+ 
2,833,000 
do . 
2 per cent... 
78,600 
Mar. 11 
M 4495 
21.00 
+ 
862,500 
do 
12 per cent.. 
33,300 
Apr. 2 
M 4634 
21. 82 
+ 
113, 000 
No 
3 per cent 
16,000 
Apr. 22 
M 4766 
18. 32 
+ 
12,500,000 
i do 
5 per cent... 
57, 900 
Feb. 20 
a M 4391 
42.43 
1, 610, 000 
Few 
do 
( b ) 
May 22 
M 4912 
27.77 
+ 
78,300' 
No 
No 
22,600 
Mar. 14 
M 4520 
19. 19 
+ 
161,000 
do 
do 
46, 600 
Mar. 25 
M 4579 
18. 77 
323, 750 
do . 
do 
35, 300 
June 12 
B. C. 31 
20. 55 
+ 
29,500,000 
Few 
2 per’ cent.. . 
59,300 
May 27 
M 4959 
16. 31 
6,825,000 
No 
10 per cent. . 
60,600 
June 11 
B. C. 23 
24.92 
+ 
15,500,000 
do 
2 per cent 
79,300 
Feb. 26 
M 4434 
20.55 
+ 
192, 500 
do 
No 
258, 900 
Mar. 2 
M 4462 
20. 82 
+ 
271, 660 
Few 
5 per cent. . . 
228, 400 
Mar. 8 
M 4484 
19. 13 
+ 
200, 000 
do 
No 
77,200 
Mar. 23 
M 4565 
18.56 
+ 
8, 375, 000 
do 
do 
57, 300 
Jan. 30 
M 4328 
12.60 
j Colored 
171, 830 
Not det 
337, 500 
Feb. 1 
M 4330 
12.90 
— 
do 
938,300 
Few 
do 
465, 400 
Feb. 4 
M 4339 
12.60 
- 
do' 
354,800 
do 
do 
403,000 
Mar. 20 
M 4548 
22. 31 
+ 
136,000 
do 
No 
978, 300 
June 11 
B. C. 19 
j 21.66 
+ 
155, 000, 000 
Many 
10 per cent . . 
1,226,000 
Mar. 6 
M 4471 
' 22. 75 
■ + 
245, 830 
Few 
do 
113, 200 
Do... 
M 4472 
21. 95 
288,300 
.do. 
No 
111, 900 
Apr. 19 
M 4747 
15.42 
99,000 
No. 
Bubble 
43, 300 
May 25 
M 4951 
. 20.08 
+ 
25,600 
do 
15 percent.. 
56,600 
Feb. 18 
M 4381 
17.58 
8, 050, 000 
do 
No 
159, 100 
Feb. 20 
i M 4387 
16.81 
_ 
296, 660 
1 Few 
do 
318,300 
a Double cream excluded from average. & Cloudy, impossible to count. 
