New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-16
DISEASED MILK TO BE SEIZED
MEASURES OF THE HEALTH DEPART
MENT.
WHY THE STATE BOARD HAS GIVEN [

WHY THE STATE BOARD HAS GIVEN u
KILLING CATTLE HAVING TUBERCULOSIS
Many complaints nave been made by dairymen ana
breeders Of cattle in the State 81 Ne"-i"'" W.
cause the Stat%Boarl Of liealth ately dlScoH'l'+1
the Quarantine on animals afflicted with Ioer1''io'''
and there have been charges OF pollu'h H'l's"7
and bad faith II has been asserted that me oai'
interests OF the state have been !nir,d ov the
spreading OF reports that mlny herds OF tofs were
tainted With tuberculosis; that under ne A''"'"S
conferred by the Legislature some OF ''e ms
)oodei cate belonging % prominent l'ePu"''0'"'
had been killed. and thai then the order W. tN'''
t. suspend operations Most Of the booled c''"e
tina, w. DESTROYED belonged TO eX-Nice-Pre-idehl
Marion az Rhlnec,ln; CHARLES VI. Pratt d l''ooK-
lyn: F. w Hawiey. OF Pitisfori; senator C"s4'
hall Of Rochester. and Senator Tappi 81 l'o!'
Considerable comment. uniaVorabie 10 I'M
BoarI OF Health. was caused by Inc act'" " VI,
case Of the noted bull Exile Of st. Lambert """'l
b.; Senator Coggcshali AZ the time mat rs "~''
was examined. Tnere vas sad 20 nave pe@" rn,
1ence that the valuable n.mai was suffering WIN
tuberculosis bat the inspectors permitted '"e vi"
to live.
DE- cyrus Edison. who is ono Of the Health ''n
missIoners Of this city. and also member 81 ~.
State Board II Health said on Saturda! i cs,
| Board - Health mas been impartial N the "s".
| araIn.. tuberculosis II Is merely a fight against
| ,,s,as. and ro.itlcs has nothing 10 do WI'h H.
senator Coggcshalrs bull was a very ValIape "''-
NAL and thc owner did not want the animal w
stroycd il It WAS possible to effect cure D. "'9
treatment The animal was Isolated anu was ~
used 10 bree ling . n ling expe !ments o'''e'
! b..onsing f., senator Coss oShal "''" h''' 80"
work ~ examining AMI sauGAternG anlmdi' a'"''
| with tuberculosis doubtless caused INJURY 10 t"V
dairy interests in the way OF creating an III.
,-oseion that the cattle in this STATE were ailic'eu
with the disease to greater extent 'hah "'' '''"
! observed in o;hcr parts 81 The Oh''d ''"V'
The truth is that there : mo.e tub
cattle onisid. II Ncw-York than within the STA
nv .,ort,,n has NOT been ca.lod to The fact oV III
suocton. and tho killing Of diseased animas' - u
equally ;ru. mat thc danger to human ns1 b
me d-@r7i IS nj. ' Sf," about 5000 head Of cattle
were inspected and about per Sst ,r,,c,ion OF
m. diseased animals destroyed many ccntrs u MA
disease but the work IA not go LAT Of the
legislature dh not appreciate tie lnntI,inr n mis-
work ana an ~ 9.in board Of Ieatn wanted
'"s ,o -, MA tnc disease had been stamped OUT ~
% g.aio Thon II would have been possibe 70 E'N'
clean bH OF hra.th To- al! nv ht ,her" would be
danger that IN" disease wou' D. n" ;rCrn Sto
STATE again los importltons 81 cn,de ir1e" Tbcre
should hc action by tn niird 9,hr" ~ the country
@@NA'honeh tho S,sie Boari q Health haS r heT
conn.i,.I 10 abandon its task. the Health io1iu :.
tis civ h,s ,lriorinlnrl 70 take measures 20 pre-
, ifL l-or, lisr, s"l cow being sold IN the c'H
We vii have inspection mad" AT ma ,r Istrov III,
! disr,scI COW ~ cDnhscate ana u'St."N ~ r.,
milk from surn cows II ~ j., , ram tuberculosis
- ,b,, no disease viii BE- conv' yea thr2iE" -.
,,rk rhr nesh of such animals inignl o' ~. :,
without Iangcr because IA" germ are ie 60
milne Nat long ago w. learned tna' iluh ,n
trr.l sis respected ~ III" tuberculosis ti'h' W. XII
Son, T., The ciiy and s"nt IN inspector 10 n.,n
-, frVas,cafiou The 81 spcrior 2srertah' '". '.,.
~ m. ,,v. go %, herd had tunrIcu'oS's nv ",
st,np.i M. supply Of milk from mat Gnnn1r' W,
go n. ,rnei who had been using IN" inIk II, a.,
t,r ami tn,t w. or three u the persons mao ',
,,,,',',i,lte TuI.r-t.l5sls causes one-slNth OF ~
ne de,h- ~ tnis city, according 70 me ne dscaso
all of 20
/ M. u Them ,lp MT - & In the MIX whch W.
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