Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-14

to public health. he shall issue. without
charge. to the applicant a permit so to Co.
on condition that none but pure and unadul-
terated milk be brought into said District;
that in the management of said dairy OF
dairy farm said applicant shall be governed
by the regulations of the health Office of the
District of Columbia issued for dairies and
dairy farms in said District, when said reg
ulatiCns do not conflict with the law of the
state in which said dairy or dairy farm is
located, and that said dairy or dairy farm
may be inspected at any time, without
notice, by the health officer of the District
of Columbia or his duly appointed repre-
sentatives.
Provided, that said permit may be sus-
pended or revoked at any time, without
notice, by said health officer, when, in his
judgment, milk from said dairy or dairy
farm Is dangerous to public health.
Section 3. No person suffering from, or
who has, within a period specified by the
health officer of the District of Columbia,
been exposed to diphtheria, scarlet fever.
ervsipelas, smallpox, anthrax or other dan
gerous contagious disease. shall work or as
sist in or about any dairy or dairy farm; no
proprietor. manager or superintendent of
any dairy or dairy farm within the District
OF Columbia shall permit any person suf-
fering, or exposed, as aforesaid, TO work or
assist in or about said dairy or dairy farm.
Section 4. That all milk wagons sh al have
the name OF the owner, the number Of per-
init and the location of dairy from which
SAID wagons haul milk painted thereon
plainly and legibly.
Section 5. All grocers. bakers and other
persons having or Offering for sale milk
shall at all times keep the name or names
OF the dairymen from whom the milk on
sale shall have been obtained posted up in a
conspicuous place wherever such milk may
be sold or kept for sale
Section q. No person shall offer or have
for sale in the District of Columbia any I'M
wholesome. watered. or adulterated milk, or
milk known as swill milk, or milk from
COWS that for the most part are kept tied
Up IN stables, or that are fed on swill gar
bage or other like substance. nor any butter
or cheese made from any such milk
Section Z. No person shall offer or have
for sale any milk containing more than 81
per cent of watery fluid, and not less than
u per cent of total milk solids, inclusive of
fat.
Section s. No person shall sell, exchange
or deliver, or have in his custody or pos
session, with intent to SELL exchange o.
deliver, SKINNED milk containing less than
nine and three-tenths per cent of milk
solid, inclusive of fat.
Section 8. No dealer in milk. and no serv-
ant or agent of such a dealer, shall sell.
exchange or deliver or have in his custody
or possession, with intent to sell, exchange
or deliver, milk from which the cream,
any part thereof has been removed, I'M
less in a conspicuous place, above the center
or upon the outside of every vessel, can or
package thereof, in which milk is sold, the
words SKINNED milk" are distinctly mark
ed in Gothic letters, not less than one inch
in length.
Section 10. 1t shall not be lawful for any
person or persons to sell or offer for sale,
within the District of Columbia, milk taken
from any cow less than fifteen days before
or ten days after parturition. or from any
COW which has not been examined and
found free from tuberculosis, splenic fever,
anthrax, or any general or local disease.
which is liable TO render the milk from said
COW urwholesome.
health officer of the District of Columbia.
Under direction of the Commissioners of
said District. TO make and enforce regula-
tons 10 secure proper water supply, drain
age, ventilation, air space, floor space and
cleansing of all diaries ana dairy farms
within said District; TO secure the isolation
OF cattle suffering from any contagious dis
ease, and to carry into effect the provisions
of this act.
Section L. The health officer of the Dis
trict of Columbia, or his duly appointed as
sistants, shall have the right to enter, with
cut previous notice, for the purpose Of in
spection. any dairy or dairy farm within
said District.
Section II. Prosecutions under this act
shall be In the Police Court of said District.
on Information signed by the attorney of
the District or of one of his assistants. and
any person or persons violating any of the
provisions of this act shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on con-
viction, be punished for the first offense by
a fine of not less than s. nor more than S.,
to be collected as other fines and penalties
or by Imprisonment in the work house for
a period of not more than thirty days, or
by both such fine and Imprisonment: and
for the second offense, and each subsequent
offense, by a fine of not less than $50 nor
more than Sl00. or by Imprisonment in the
work house for ninety days. or by both such
fine and Imprisonment, in the discretion of
the court: and IL the person SO convicted of
a second or subsequent offense hold a per-
nit under this the shall he
celed and no permit shall be issued TO said
person for a period of five years.
Section IA. That all laws and parts Of
laws Inconsistent with the foregoing be and
the same are hereby repealed.
After the reading OF the report DR. Ro5t
Reyburn referred to that section giving the
health officer power TO inspect the dairies
outside the District Of Columbia. He did
not think such a section was wise, and
thought the society should not act hastily
In the matter. DIR. Lovejoy thought that
was a matter that properly belonged TO the
authorities. and upon his motion the So
ciety unanimously adopted the report, and
voted to urge its enactment into a bill.
The Typhoid Fever Report.
While the discussion on the milk question
was in progress Dr. G. l.. Magruder. chair
man OF the committee on typhoid fever In
the District of Columbia, was busily en-
gagged hanging maps and charts, which
told by different colored dots the location
of each case OF typhoid fever in the District
of Columbia during the past ten years.
The report of this committee. which con-
sisted Of Drs. Magruder. W. W. Johnston
and Health Officer Hammett, has hereto
fore been printed in The Star Last night
was set aside by the society for its discus
sion.
Before the discussion opened President s
c. Busey announced that owing to the
fact that the House committee on the Dis
trict OF Columbia had agreed TO hear a
committee from the society or Thurs lay
morning, he had taken IL upon himself TO
select a committee without the consent of
the society, in order that its members could
be thoroughly conversant with the subject
when they appeared before the committee
He had FAMED, he said. Drs. W. W. Johns
ton, @. l.. Magruder, G. II. A Klein
schmidt, ID. W. Prentiss, q. wythe Cook
and ). ). Adams. The action OF the pres
ident was unanimously approved. and upon
motion Of DR.. kleinschnIidt President Busey
was made chairman OF the committee.
DR.. w. w. Johnston stated that the COM
mittee had, through inadVertence, omitted
an important section in the preparation of
his report. and he desired to read the seq
ton, which, he hoped, the society would
ADMIT as part of the report. There being
no objection, the new section was READ,
privies be made wdter-tight and means
taken to prevent their overflow
President Busey then gave notice that the
society was ready TO discuss the report. He
hoped however, that some one would give
the society a statement of the benefit of the
effect of secimentation and filtration on the
general water SUNNY. He then fntrod.,c..,