The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-27
FOR PURER MILK
The Condition Of Cows Discussed
Yesterday.
BOARD OF HEALTH WILL ACT
Dairymen Represented by
Various Managers.
BOARD OF HEALTH WILL ACT
Other Matters Brought up and Con-
antine-kimona Contract.

Cows was the leading feature for dis
cussion at the meeting of the Board of
Health yesterday afternoon, and the
subject was ably discussed by Presi-
dent Cooper, Doctors Emerson, Mon
sarrat. Day. and Messrs. Brown, Kelii-
pio, Lansing, for the board and Messrs
Grace, Dillingham;, Won Holt, Weirick
and J. F. Hackfeld Gor Isenberg) re-
presenting the dairy men. The long
and dry minutes of the previous meet
ing were read for the edification of the
members and to show the reporters the
errors, if any. they had made in writ
ing up the meeting. The minutes were
all right and stand approved
DR.. Monsarrat's report of beef
slaughtered and the condition of them
was read and filed.
President Cooper thought that the
presence of so many business men con-
nected with the dairies indicated that
something in connection with the city's
milk supply was to come up. AS the
thought the business had better be dis
posed of at once. Remarks were made
by Drs. Day and Emerson relative to
the symptoms of the disease in COWS.
DR.. Monsarrat stated that the dairymen
asked compensation for diseased cows
killed.
Mr.. Dillingham; said he voiced the
sentiments of the dairymen when he
said that the dairymen are as exacting
in the matter of health of their COWS
as the Government. They had always.
when they found COWS afflicted, taken
them out and slaughtered them and
buried the carcasses. He quoted from
a lecture given by physician at Stan
FORD University showing that COWS
might be diseased and no one but |
person, would be able to dis
cover it. This authority states |
that milk might show fever and evil |
dence of disease but when the COWS |
were slaughtered it was found that |
the disease was nothing approaching |
tuberculosis. Mr.. Dillingham; said the
larry with which he was connected re-
presented large amount of money
and if an indiScriminate killing of |
,ows was indulged in without compen-
;ation 10 the owners. there would be a
serious loss to the men who had placed
heir money in such enterprises In
he United States the value of cattle
killed by the inspectors was fixed by
arbitration and had resulted satisfac-
ory. He did not believe there was a
lairman who would intentionally de-
liver to families any milk which they /
knew TO be infected. The matter of
esting milk for tuberculosis was one
which should be done by some person
Who had received special training in it,
DR.. Emerson thought the subject
should be divided under two heads
First: Compensation for animals /
killed for tuberculosis and proven by |
post mOrtem examination not 10 have /
he disease.
Second: For animals killed for tub |
srculosis and proven by post mortem I.
examination 10 have been so afflicted. |
President Cooper said he doubled /
the authority of the board TO make F.
compensation rs there was no law COW /
ering such action.
Mr.. Lansing wanted TO know If II was /
4 very delicate matter to ascertain /
or not 4 cow has the disease. /
DR.. Wood replied that II was easy 10 /
ell and if the Board made a mistake !
and killed a COW not so affected the /
animal should be paid for.
Mr.. Dillingham; continued his re
marks on the probable loss to stock
men if the plan proposed was carried 4
)ut without compensation. If it was
% be done it should be thorough and ]
{ could not be thorough unless every
COW on the islands. and the steers as
we'll. was examined.
Dr. Day made the statement that
rom 10 to - per cent. of the deaths
lere are from consumption or tuber-
TO the mortality on Mo
okai from leprosy. 1t was the opini-
IN of the physicians that the disease
vas spread through eating meat or
he use of milk from these cattle. He l.