Evening star., 1894-01-04

pose are entirely Inadequate and may
De seen through the single fact that the
District government has no microscopical
instruments whatever which can be used
for the detection of bacteria Every person
who has given the least attention to this
subject is aware that such instruments are
absolutely necessary in order to do valua-
bic work In the detection Of organic i'm
purities in food products.
This subcommittee therefore recommend
that Congress be requested to furnish a
moderate sum for the use of the chemical
laboratory for the inspector of dairy pro-
ducts. The law requires (27 Stat. L., 54S)
that he shall be practical chemist. 1t
would seem to be an anomaly to require
that an officer should be a practical chem
ist and provide him with no laboratory in
which to work. The subcommittee have
also found that for a complete inspection
of the dairies Of this city, which must be
constantly kept up. and for the occasional
inspection of the dairies in the surround
ing country, which supply the milk for the
city's use, 1T is necessary that the inspector
of dairy products should be provided with
assistant. The duty of the assistant
would be to visit the places where milk is
exposed for sale through the city and Sc
cure samples of it, to visit the dairies in
the surrounding country and to report
thereon to the inspector. The inspector s
time will necessarily be consumed i'm great
er part in his laboratory in analyzing the
specimens brought to him by his assistant.
while he would make personal inspection
of all places which had been the subject
OF special complaints or requiring particu-
lar investigation.
1T is impossible for both branches of this
work to be satisfactorily done, i'm such a
way as to protect the city from unwhole-
some milk, by single person. The sub
committee therefore recommend that the
league ask of Congress the appointment
OF an assistant inspector of dairy products
as we'll as the appropriation of a sufficient
amount for the use of the chemical labora-
tory"
ing extract from the law of New Jersey:
That every person who shall SELL or
who shall offer or expose for sale or who
shall transport or carry, or who shall have
In possession with the intent to sell or Of
fer for sale. any milk from which the
cream or any part thereof has been re-
moved shall distinctly, durably and per-
manently solder a label or tag of metal in
conspicuous place upon the outside of
every can, vessel or package containing
srch milk. and such metal label or tag
shall have the words Skinned milk
stamped. indented or engraved thereon in
letters not less than two inches in height.
and such milk shall only be sold or shipped
IN or retailed out of can, vessel or pack
age SO marked"
Also the following memoranda: In New
Orleans examination of milk in the delivery
carts is made.
In Cincinnati every dairy regularly sup
plying milk to the city is inspected. Those
located across the river in the adjoining
state of Kentucky are forced to submit to
inspection or else permission to sell milk
in Cincinnati is withheld. The character
OF each dairy is recorded at the health Of
nee and Is open to public inspection. Any
body can thus ascertain the number and
description of the cows in the dairy sup
plying him, the number of acres of pas
turage and the kind of food which the cows
receive. In addition to this, systematic ex-
animation Of the milk in delivery wagons
is made.
In Denver the milk trains are inspected
every morning The milk and meat inspec-
tors go every afternoon and inspect thor
oughly as many dairies as can be gotten
to. In one case it was found that in the
family supplying milk five cases Of diph-
iberia and one case of scarlet fever exist
ed while the milk continued to be sold.
Dallas, Texas, has a good system of milk
inspection.
New York has an efficient system of milk
inspection. In 1890 94.040 specimens Of
milk were examined.
The states Of Massachusetts,, New York,
New Jersey New Hampshire, Connecticut.
Ohio Indiana, Wisconsin. Minnesota and
Iowa have so-called dairy and food COM
missions and many other states have dairy
and food laws enforced by the boards Of
health of those states.
The Lecture Course.
A resolution was passed thanking the au-
thorities Of the Columbian University for
granting the use of the lecture hall for the
lectures of the league, which, 1t was an
nounced, would be inaugurated on Monday
evening next by a lecture by DR.. Stern
berg Mr.. Henry johnson and DR.. A. j..
Schafhirt were elected to membership. and
the latter was also elected a member of
the council, and made chairman of the
precinct committee of the sixth precinct.
1t was decided to appoint committee
consisting of three ladies and three doctors
to investigate and report upon the abnor-
NAL mortality of infants under one year OF
age in the District, as shown by the sta
tistics of the last year.