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Collection of samples — Inspector's memorandum and label. 
Health Department of the District of 
Columbia. 
Health Department of the 
District of Columbia. 
Pt 
. 190 .. 
Specimen No. 
Purchased as. 
No 
Milk 1 
Cream J 
Name of vendor ! 
Address j 
Business 
Taken from Time of purchase. 
Served by | 
No. card. 
Amount . 
Inspector I Inspector. 
Health Department of the District of Columbia, 
Washington, , 190.. 
REPORT OF ANALYSIS. 
Substances offered for sale or sold as — 
Milk Cream Skimmed milk 
by 
at on 
Analysis. 
1 
Per 
cent. 
2 3 
4 
5 
6 
7 1 
8 • 
9 
10 
Per Per 
cent. cent. 
Per 
cent. 
Per 
cent. 
Per 
cent. 
Per 1 
cent. 
Per 
cent. 
Per 
cent. 
Per 
cent. 
Fat 
Solids not fat 
* Water 

* Odor 
* Acidity 
* Added coloring matter 
* Preservatives . . 
1 1 
Remarks. 
...., Analyst. 
Legal standards : Milk. — Not less than 3| per cent fat, 9 per cent solids not fat, and not more than 87 J 
per cent water. 
Cream. — Not less than 20 per cent fat. 
Skimmed milk. — Not less than 9 T 3 5 per cent solids, including fat. 
Wholesome milk must come from healthy cows living under proper sanitary conditions. It must 
have been properly cared for at the time of milking and continually thereafter; especially must it have 
been kept cold. This report shows the chemical composition of the milk analyzed, but indicates only in 
an imperfect manner its wholesomeness, which can be determined only by considering the condition of 
' the cows, dairy farm, and dairy in connection with this analysis. 
There is as yet no fixed standard for acidity in milk, but any sample of milk or cream found to be, in 
the judgment of the health department, too acid will be regarded as unwholesome, and the seller prose- 
