The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-23
A SWILL MILK SENSATION.
A Breakfast Appetizer for the ''City
Of Churches"
What the Club" Of the Empire State
Elavors Its Coffee withholding
Diseased and Dying Cows-Mr.
Bergh Challenges the Health
Board = Repulsive Reve-
lations.


At the session of the Metropolitan Board or Health
held Of Police Headquarters yesterday the following
chapter Of grievances, calculated TO arouse shower
OF indignation .'our sister clty or Brookyn was
submitted By Mr. Bcrgh, President OF the Society for
the Prevention OF Cruelty To Animals. The comnu-
nicaton was referred 10 the SANITARY Committee for
investigation and report
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE
PREVENTION or CRUELTY TO ANiMALS,}
new lonK, Dec. 20. 1869.
GEORGE d. LINCOLN. fresiacnt:-
most atrocious wrong ID being indicted on the
Inhabitants u BrookiyD ana this city by wreichcS
whom 1t would De sioss natery to Cali Drutes. 1t
consists m their eonnans nuadfeus Of cows to-
Retner inc&rA aud biy ventilated stalls, without ex
ercsc ana scarcely room TO stand lie down. al the
While ied on distierY WASTE slUps. TINS barbarous
and unnatural treatment produces its natural con-
sequences. lne animals become positively rotten,
the poisonous nucus sometimes actually dropping
from their bodies. Ana whiie "a TINS condition tney
are mixed and the nUrrid liquid s0d ana consumed
By the Inhabitants Of inc Aforesaid cities. nor Is
this all.
The off or dead cart makes It's daily visits to this
1ghtiul cnaInel mouse, Where IT may be seen walt
ing in some INSTANCES, for the very bodies OF ami
mas then actually ayi.g WINE beng MIXED. / am
aware that IL is diicuit 10 reconcile tins statement
TO The sober realities OF truth Dut tncre IS no Gcon,
unLappIy III IT, Ine Lauseating out unsuccessful
Investigations OF tnls socety long ago IN those
localities coahrm lis accuracy. auw, the question
IS shan these .oecas almost without name' be
forever Tolerated or want vi ociai severity, or BY
reason CT an mprehcnab!e apathy the part Of
the peopiof Not an hour saoaId 20 lost; hundreds
murdered or cDnslgned 10 llves OF disease, to say
nothing or the tortures III the submissive brute by
suffering these pest houses 10 exist. Let theIr DC
speedily and iorcbly swept oat OF being and their
Aeadish proprie.ors sent 10 Stag Sing.
But. you WI say, proof OF thus Is necessary.
his engage 10 furnish, provided ihe Hcaith
Board VIII comply with my Icquest-repeag-
eddy arged-thas one OF the agents Of TINS
society be appointed IA ASSISTANT inspector, without
compensation, as PROVIDED by the eleventh section
OF me acb OF loco, and subsequently amended In
ton nfeen OF same law. ihls matter certainly or
means o..ered Tor It's correction. and trust the
Board Will without delay second this effort OF ours
TO 40 that wLlcn is present Inspectors that 10
callty have completely laiied 10 do. l have the
honor to be your moss onsd.elt servant,
HENRY bahuH, President.
THE HEALTH BOARD MOVING.
subsequently the Following Communication was
received by the Secretary OF the Beard from the
sanitary superintendent
METROPOLITAN BOARD Or HEALTH,
OFFICE OF SANITARY SUPERINTENDENT
Dec y. 1859. J
TO THE SECRETARY OF TIE METaoPoLITAN BoAnD
or HEAiTH.--
sig-in returning the enclosed application for per.
NIT 10 keep number Of cows on 1nroop avenue,
between Eiery aud fark, Brooklyn. wound respect
July ask the attention OK The Boaro TO tie
given by AssisganI superintendent Or. Stiles Tor
denying The request.
He sums up the facts BY simply stating that this
stable is an outage lo the district. And as this
Is but OF tie numerous instances n which lthy
and unhealthy COW stables Brooklyn and its
vicinity are ourages against Inc health of the PEG.
pie, respectfully request tIat the Boa will direct
thai the Assistant sanitary superintendent III Brook
l5n shall unoertaKe 4 careful inspection OF the
Brooklyn anu i.laga county COW stables where UNI
heaitaiai conditions OF food and stabling warrant
the Board III Exercising authority To restrain these
evils.
The Board IL perhaps aware that by the prompt
action or justice DoDlsrs ana other magistrates IN
New York last spilLg Inc alnlLeratng or dilning
practices that were preyai6nt among the mix
kers VINO supply ieaoneus distress were restrained
by whoesohle anu heavy fines against Offenders.
But New } ork ond Brooklyn need to be projected
against swirl nIik anu the products oil all cows that
are unhealthfuilY kepe Ia hIugs county. And it VIII
probably appear upon Investigation tnat the Boards
efforts to RESTRAIN TINS evll in Brooklyn been
thwarted, ana that further cgis alton he neces-
Eary to control the causes tiaL PIE such scanda
l0us practices az are Known 10 prevail ut some OF
she stables
The Boards report upon the chemical and micro
ecopical examination OF niks In New YORK is now
neary ready Tor the year 1861 and shows that the
milk from distant country daireJ Is pare. RIGA and
perfect wnilc that Which Is reLaica In tue tenement
house districts Is large diluted with water at par
ticuar seasons. wEea NATURES supply Ia unfinished.
1t IL at these periods tnas The sWleeders OF Kings
county count their gains ~ 0verleeainy and other
methods.
The chemist reports thai the samples Of milk
aualJ zed daring the past two WeeSS gives an
xage OF 800 per cent OF butter and that OF the
samples IRON large second Class dealers contained
only 2:3I per cent The Other essential elements OF
milk arc IL like degree variable.
+. HARRIS,
Sanitary SUPERINTENDENT