New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-30
SOME MUNICIPAL PROBLEUS.
NEED OF a PURE MILK SCPPLf-IHh BUS
TON SYSTEM DESCRIBED By
MAYOR QUINCY.

Columbus. Ohio Sept. 29-An Interesting feature
OF the morning session OF the National Conieion0o
OF Mayors and Councilmen was the reaui"s "a
paper contributed by Nathan Straus OF New-Aofh'
on Tho Influence OF Pure MIX Supply on the
Death Rate OF Children" Most OF the mnnicipai
officials here were conversant only to Limited on
tent with the work being done by Mr. STaus III
New-York City. and listened to the recital WIN
close attention. The paper was read ny Mr. ro'd
~ New-York 1t was IN part As follows:
The lives OF thousands OF children are sacrInc,eu
very summer simply because they are FED WIN
impure milk The conditions of Wholesome in i
PROCESSES Of milking and prompt transfer or ne
milk in perfectly clean and close vessels from rao
sites Is fasrantiy violated ne mos ainost
Swimming and aduteratfon win wateI-dIiu lii ~
cutting of the supply Of one Kind OF aisG Esr"r
ever does inspection extend 70 IN" discovery ~
Is too often a nnid in when the germs OF disease s,
and death have taken the place or Nature rhore
l. prsct.caily no milk delivered for general con
sumption IN cities that Is II. 20 ne req III ~
furnish the evidence OF d steadily increasing infant
mortality In the hottest season OF ne var, i
bred in n cows milk moro ahundantiy AZ that SEA
son than at others II was not violent
and that he most direct and efrectual method OF
prevention was to paec MIX sn poorest The ox-
pertinent began in 1893 with one MIX uc2o'tt nos'
n thousand SICK bdfl'S N'if 49, ~
trurized and modified milk Preparations Most OF
the Children were I'll with cholera infanium. and
the benefit due 10 the Improvement W ''e' ''''
was immediate and amazing. ,.,
In 1891 preparations were MADE 10 supply nntulo
at as many diiferen; depots as might MAKE III III
tnct impression on tho mix supply OF Nv ~ ~
result wa. mat instead OF the increase Of 10 per
cent I'm the mortality OF children WIN whlcn W.
ar Showed decrease OF So per cent Here was an
apparent saving Of $40 lives in two months or ue
New-york Of sixteen ont OF every nundreu' , on.
more striking has been the decrease ~ me NUM-
OF chdrens deaths IN i ,b Deaths dg 1877 under Ave
Years old we're r. IA for 1896 and 1926 for lse' they
InIv and August tho deaths under five years Old
numbered 5oi1 this year, against b'tl III I'o ue-
crease OF go about II per cent ,t,
The experience OF Brooklyn Is even more sish III,
cant wherr from June 30 to July - 1870 me
rhpal diseases had been tho average rae ob ~
n week rising IN the third week oi IN" mo i ~
haoi. o, the nrst half Of August the number OF
infant deaths fell in the first week OF u'.Tiou,lo
=, ,be i've and a half weeks during which The dis
tributon was kept Sip the wc"klv rh
was in the cooler and. for the last year ~ ''"S''
less fatal month OF July.
Mayor j. T. johnson. OF Fargo argued Tor UNI
formlty Of State laws pertaining 20 munlolp" o'ga"
iza,ons and urged upon the conference NE forming
Of a permanent committee on Legislation. one from
each State 10 formulate n plan whereby the Legs
laturos may mako their municipal legislation uni
form hs 10 police powers. the control OF the focih
evil asmaling and the reformation OF cTifa'Iials
The appearance the Platform OK josiah quincy
Mayor OF Boston. called forth applause. IFS "a
dress was scheduled ~ Municipal Affairs as Ad-
,ninistered IN BOSTON" but ~ scope vas much
wider II presented q clear analysis o' the dincr-
ences between Federal State. urban and rural nd
minlstratIon. and defined the possibilities OF mu-
niclpal service as almos, limtess. WIN reference
soI be MAYOR Is its vestlng IN It's CHIEF executive
powers almost coordinate with those ot The PIesl,
dent NJ mo TINTED States especially the power on
rcn,oval from Office OF any OF his appontees. In
Boston there are thiriyihree heads o' departmcnts
,hus under the direct control OF the Mayor The
novor Of removal IL rarely exercised but us tcnd
ppncv e. 10 make the government strong and honest