The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-14
BOARD OF HEALTH
Will Iusist On Purity Of Our Milk
Supply.
They Will Enforce Rules-JuIy First r uIes
Go Into acknowledgements in Blue
Hill Case.

| Go Into acknowledgements in Blue
| Hill Case.
| The board of health of Portland still
stand by their colors and affirm that their
regulation in regard to the sale of milk
in this city will be rigidly enforced on
July first when it goes into effect. One
of the members of the board told a
PRESS reporter Saturday that the board
means business and intend to see that the
law is strictly complied with. 1t is said,
too, that the Milk Producers union which
was formed in this city a week ago Satur-
day will adhere to their determination
to resist the enforcement of the regula-
| tons by an appeal to the courts if neces-
sary.
| At a recent meeting of the Portland
city government an order was passed di-
recting the mayor to appoint committee
to confer with the milkmen's association
and the Portland Board of Health to see
lif some satisfactory arrangements could
not be made regarding the sale of milk
in this city. The mayor has appointed
on that committee Aldermen Moore and
Rounds, and these gentlemen will meet
some time next week with the Portland
board of health.
While neither member of this commit
tee is prepared at present to say just what
will be the course taken by the city gov
| eminent committee, it is understood that
the committee will endeayor to conciliate
both parties and try and induce the Port
land board of health to withdraw from
the position they have taken on this mat
ter and submit to the adoption of a set of
regulations similar to those now in
force in the city of Westbrook.
DIR. George II. Bailey, the state veterin-
arian, was in the city Saturday after a
visit to East Blue Hill to investigate the
reported case of tuberculosis in COW
owned by Luther Bridges of that town.
This is the case in which the deaths of
three children in the Bridges family have
been ascribed to tubercular pneumonia
due to drinking milk given by the COW.
| DR.. Bailey stated Saturday that the
Board of Cattle Commissioners had re-
ceiyed some time ago a report made by
| DR.. West, a veterinary surgeon Of ELS
| worth, of the result of tuberculin test,
applied to the Bridges COW. From this
test DR.. West concluded that the animal
was undoubtedly affected with tubercu-
losis and SO reported. His report was ac-
cepted by the Cattle Commissioners but
since the COW was killed and the deaths
of the children occurred, there has been
| so much discussion of the case, that the
commissioners determined upon more
searching examination and DR.. Bailey
accordingly had the body of the COW ex-
humed and the vital organs removed.
These have been sent to Prof Robinson
at Bowdoin who will, if possible, settle
the doubts as to the cow condition. So
Blue Hill and elsewhere that an autopsy
has been held on the bodies of two of the
children and the lungs have been sent to
Prof. Robinson. DR.. Bailey said that
late developments had lead him to be-
lieve that the deaths of the children might
have been due to impure water. The fact
that the house is on marshy ground and
the water supply is open to suspicion and
also that the father is now very ill with
typhoid pneumonia gives probability to
this theory. DR.. Bailey said that this
was his first visit to Blue Hill. The re-
port that he had previously been there to
investigate this case was an error. The
commissioners had formed their opinion
on the report of DR.. West that the COWS
was tuberculous.