The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-17
THEY ARE WORKING
FOR PURE MILK
Conference Of Members Of the Board ei
Health and Milk Dealers.
cows ARE TO BE INSPECTED
Tuberculine Is the Substance Used to
Determine the Presence Of Tuber.
culOsis.. Report Of the Committee
That Was Appointed to Investigate
the Condition of the City's Water
SPECIFICATIONS Reservoirs Visited

| health was held yesterday afternoon,
| at which We're present the large milk
| dealers of the city for the purpose of
discussing the tuberculosis question
and agreeing upon some action to guard
against the contamination Of the milk
| supply.
Veterinary research has discovered
recently that cattle can be infected with
| tuberculosis and appear in fine physical
| condition; that COW may possess ell
the outward show Of creature in the
| best Of health and at the same time be
| rotten at the core"
| That Is not 1t. tuberculosis does its
| work very slowly and it may take four
or five years for 1t. after attacking a
healthy COW. to develop to the extent
that the external appearance of the ami
NAL will denote that she is unsound. 1t
has been proven that the germs are in
| fectious, so that drove Of cattle might
take 1t from one.
Tuberculosis affects the human as
, well as the animal, and for this reason
1t is that the cows that supply milk to
| cities should be examined to discover
whether or not any taint Of the disease
| exists. The milk of a diseased COW Is
necessarily impregnated with tuhercu-
losis germs, and the use of such milk Is
| dangerous to the health of the COM
| munity.
MILK DEALERS PRESENT.
NJ. ]. Kelly, president of the board.
called the meeting to order. The other
| members present were DIR. W. f. Allen,
DR.. W. A. Paine, II. J. Ziegler and Sec
retary Briggs. The milk dealers in at
tendance were: George Carpenter. OF
the Scranton Dairy company; C. II.
| Shedd, OF Spruce street: William Con-
| rad, of Green Ridge; Stoll & Seward,
of the North End MIX company; 7. ".
| Hankins. Of Cedar avenue, and George
Schreiber Of Pittstoa avenue.
| Food Inspector Thomas said that A.
coo cows are necessary to keep up the
supply OF milk which comes into scran-
ton from the farms every morning. Sta
tistics have shown that two per cent.
OF the cows of the state are affected
with tuberculosis. and ut that ratio so
OF the cows supplying the imported milk
to Scranton are diseased.
The members OF the board and the
milk dealers talked the matter over and
decided that q resolution be passed d.
1GC-8nS tilt O"ItIS Va tONS WI
farms to have them inspected md those
put to death which are affected with
the disease. 1t was estimated that the
cost Of examination would not be more
than 81 a head.
USE OF TUBERCUL1NE.
A substance known az tuberculine In
jected into q COW will produce certain
hl1l, 49,. trtN
hours will tell whether or not the dis
ease exists. The resolution Of the board
will require the farmer to show the
milk dealer a clean bill Of health from
a veterinary physician for the cows
which supply the milk.
A report was read. signed by Colonel
E. H. Ripple and DR.. Paine with refer
encs to the recent inspection OF the
water supply. The report states that
the visit to the dams and springs of
the Providence Water company showed
that very pure quality OF water Is
furnished to its patrons. 1t supplies
the First, Second, Third and Thirteenth
wards and a portion Of the Twenty
first ward. The capacity Of all the
dams is s4S.ooO,OoO gallons Of water.
A visit to the dams and springs of the
Scranton Gas and Water company was
equally satisfactory as to the freedom
Of the water from organic matter
Along the streams Of both companies
the slaughter houses that were even
remotely seen are no longer visible and
the obnoxious tannery at Elmhurst is
thing of the past. The No. high SER
vice dam above Dunmore will be
cleaned out before long.
AMOUNT OF WATER USED.
The patrons of the Gas and Water
company use daily from twelve to
fourteen million gallons Of water. The
dams have a capacity Of $3.50, 900
gallons and within six months a reser-
vair will be built at the Burnt Bridge
in Roaring Brook township which will
have volume of l,4OO,00O.0 900 gallons.
This will be one Of the largest bodies
Of it's kind In the state.
Scranton Is blessed with pure and
abundant supply of water. The Gas
and Water company has volume on
hand to keep the city going for 200 days
without rain.