The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-07

For an hour last night the board OF
health struggled with the ordinance
drafted at the instance of the house
hold economies section of the Green
Ridge Woman's club, which has for its
object the regulation of the milk bus
mess in this city. The ordinance in
corporates the acts of legislature on
this subject and also contains rigid
provisions for the inspection of herds
that supply milk for sale in this city.
The members of the board were OF
the opinion that some of the pro-
visions are good and others imprac-
ticable. and with a view of getting
all OF the good possible it was re-
ferred to a committee consisting OF
w. G. sO'Malley, DR.. G. B. Reynolds,
DR.. Thomas B. Rodham and NJ. j.
Kelly. of the board; DIR. w. f. Allen,
health officer, and F. j. Widmayer,
food inspector. They will see what
can be done in the way of throwing
additional safeguards around the city's
milk supply. The inspection clauses
of the ordinance, the members be-
leve, it will be impossible to enforce,
even If they had the funds or officials
to do it with. The ordinance covers
six typewriter pages and provides
that no person shall sell milk within
the city limits without first having
obtained a license.
WAY TO GET LICENSE.
1t prescribes the manner in which
licenses can be obtained If the ap-
plicant is a producer of milk, the num-
ber Of cows in his dairy herd must be
given, and if not a producer of milk
| he must tell the number of cows in
| the dairy herd of the person or per-
| sons from whom he obtains his milk.
| The applicant must state the manner
| in which he intends to dispose of his
milk. Herds are to be inspected un-
der the supervision of the health Of
| ficer. When examined and found
healthy the cows shall be tagged. The
| license to dealers must be conspicu-
ously posted in their places of busi-
ness ard its number printed conspicu-
ously on the vehicle used in distrihut-
| ing the milk.
| There are stringent provisions as to
| the character Of the buildings in which
| cows shall be housed and provisions
made to protect the public from milk
that comes from infected herds and
during times of contagion Milk must
contain at least IL per cent. of fat
| For violations of the provisions of tn;
ordinance a fine of from $40 to SlOC
| may be imposed and in default an
imprisonment of thirty deys is pro-
| Vided.
The health report for the month ci
May, read by the secretary, showed
that there was a total of 149 death:
during the month, Of which ten were
the result of violence of some kind
The births were 102. The number OF
| contagious diseases reported was 165
| and the deaths from these diseases
| twenty. There were ninety-three case:
of diphtheria and six deaths, and sixty
one cases of scarlet fever and twelve
| deaths.
FOOD INSPECTORS REPORT.
Food Inspector Widmayer reported
| having made 6l2 visits of inspection
and 22S milk tests. He destroyed 1885
pounds of fish and condemned $50 gal
Ions of milk. At the crematory Super
intendent James Leyshon reported tha
$500 barrels of matter We're consumed
as we'll as thrty-four dead animals. I
required twenty tons of coal to keel
the crematory in operation during tn,
month.
DR.. Rodham reported that Ware,
street, from Beaumont to Perry ave
nue., is almost impossible because o
the surface water that lodges there.
was the opinion of the members of tn
board that nothing can be done unit
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