The San Francisco call., 1897-11-30
DOCTORS TO
FIGHT THE
DAIRYMEu
Boards Of Health Rally to
Crowd Politicians to
the Wall.
WOULD KILL DISEASED CATTLE.
Hundreds Of Gallons of Tuber-
oulous Milk Sold Daily
in Oakland.
WHY MANY LITTLE CHILDREN Die.
a Long List of Dreadful Diseases
Laid to Alameda's Infected
Milk.
WHY MANY LITTLE CHILDREN Die.
a Long List of Dreadful Diseases
Laid to Alameda's Infected
Milk.

There has been so much complain
about the infected milk supply of Oak
] land that it is ev dent it will not be long
until the final battle between the doctors
/ and the dairymen. The doctors are or
ganlzing for fight to finish.
DR.. II. y. Rucker, president of the local
! Board OF Health, says h. is heartily in
accord with all that has heretofore bsen
/ said by Drs. Woolsev, Crowley and Dunn.
/ He thinks It is almost impossible to over
/ estimate the amount OF bad milk that is
sold in Oakland by reason of the refusal
/ Of some of the dairymen 10 have their
/ consum ptive cows Withdrawn from the
! dairies that supply milk. He said yester-
/ day:
1T is safe to say that one cow in ten
among the uninspected herds has tuber-
culosis in such form as to endanger the
health of all who use the milk. 1t is a
shame and a disgrace for the dairymen
of this city, In this age OF the world, TO be
allowed to carry a fatal disease INTO the
homes OF the people, yet they organize
and Job us when 1t comes 10 vote IN the
! Council"
The following dairies are among the
number mentioned as having milk from
cattle that have never passed muster:
Blair's ranch, Empire Dairy, Kings Jer-
sey Dairy Joseph and Jacob Loretz
Lamp & Farno Dairy, A. Rayes and a. c.
Fay.
Much of the trouble is laid to Super
visor T-lcOtt, who was once the owner OF
Fay dairy, and who is believed to have
an interest IN The dairy still. Fay IS his
brother-in-law.
Dr.. Crowley has been making careful
stud of the question, and he says he is
satisfied that hundreds OF gallons OF IN
fected milk are sold in Oakland every
day. There is little doubt in his mind
that the sale OF such milk Is largely re-
spOnsibe for the death of scores OF chill
dren every year. Speaking Of the matter
with special reference to his own observa-
tions in Oakland he said:
'Bad milk in this town is responsible
for many cases OF tuberculosis OF the
lungs, commonly called conSum ptlon, for
many cases Of Consum ption of the bowels
and for tubercular meningitis. 1t is also
the cause OF many cases OF hlp-JOlnt dis
ca e and diseases Of the bones and joints.
The same bad supply is the cause OF
great mortality among the children. The
disease often manifests itself among them
by arrangements OF the digestive organs.
Many sickiy Ii tie children cannot retain
nourishment simply because they are
suffering from the diseases caused by D ad
milk. They grow weaker and weaker and
finally die. In many cases the certificate
of the doctor says the child died OF cholera
infantum, but if a post mortem were
made it would show that the child died OF
tubercles in the bowels and organs ada
cent. II Is a common disease in chill
dren.
Il am satisfied that the amount OF bad
milk sold in Oakland is much greater
than is generally supposed. 1t may be
said with safety that there is a diseased
COW in every ten in the herds as they run.
If this be the case 1t IS also evident that
the disease is increasing.
''If the owners of Dad cattle would sub
nit to their slaughter now their losses
would be far less than if they wait ntll
! the disease has spread. They might as
we'll give in, for the battle between
modern sanitary science and ignorance
/ will not last long when the whole people
I q re fully awake to the dangers OF the bad
milk. 1t would be good idea Tor people
/ who Duv milk to Inquire whether 1t comes
! from the dairies where Injected cattle are
maintained. Z list has been publish ed
/ often enough that IL ought to oe pretty
| we'll known by this time. The Board Of
/ Health prints a list OF dairies " here in
! spectlon prevails and those buying milk
/ would 10 well 10 see tha ii is from dairles
/ that have passed muster"
! The doctors claim that they need two
J
! They want the City Council to pass law
/ com peiling all milk sold TO be from dairles
! that have been inspected and they want a
/ law by which the county aut. critics may
order the slaughter of all condemned
! cattle.
| The issues are therefore clear cut, and
! there is no longer any room for half
/ way measure. The dalrymen must agree
/ 10 comply with the regulations or they
! will find they are bitterly opposed by the
! Boards Of Health of the city and State.
/ The doctors are all in favor of the methods
/ advocated by the local and State Boards
OF Health, being the tuberculin test which
/ is used IN other cities of the country and
which Governor Budd so strongly urged
TO be tried in this State. The following
dairy men are with the doctors, complying
with the regulations, thereby escaping
the charse that they sell bad mIk:
J. A. Bliss, Morgan & Parkhurst Bros, John
Davis, Peter Cabra, A. J. Cabral, W. &. Mors er,
Oliver Cheney, Anderson Bros, Frank Casau-
rang, John DGnstan, s. Nelson, B. Gallagher,
J. 7. tone, A. Harrington, a. j.. Lee, A.
Eycrs {. O. Hokanson, w r. Ward, P. Gea-
gan, SchreImcr IL B4ruum, Charles hrech-
baum, 2. l. Holland, Mary Dolan, J. f..
Marshall J. y. Carr, Phillips Bros. John
Phillips, A. Costa, A. NJ. Sasherla, j. Better n
court, Charles Vaudevere, Such & Nilsson.
The recalcitrant dairymen are much ex-
ercised over the outcome of the coming
battle. There is rumor that the doctors
will first try 10 have the City Council pass
q law compelling all mIlkmen to have
their milk inspected. After This they
will fight hard for the county ordinance,
and will try 10 attract so much attention
to the fight that Supervisor Talcott will
not feel comfortable when he stands up 10
plead for the privilege of selling any
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