The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-24

Jumping When He Appeared With
HIS Tuberculin - The Health
Commissioner Appeals to DR..
Bracken to Help Him Out
Charges Against DIR. baltimore.
Health Commissioner Ohage has decided
that no license will be issued for the
sale Of milk under the present ordinance
unlesss the herds have been inspected by
| one Of the veterinarians employed by the
health department. DR.. baltimore, vet
erinarian, residing in the Third ward, has
been inspecting cattle and using the tu-
|. berculin tests, and yesterday one of the
owners of herd called at the health Of
flee and applied for license. Offering a
record of the tests made on his herd by
Dr. baltimore. The health commissioner
refused to grant the license, and sought
the, advice of the legal department of
the city. The advice given by the COR
poration attorneys Office was that under
the ordinance the inspection must be
made by one of the experts in the EN-
ploy of the health department. DR.. Dali
limore's license; as a state veterinary sur
geon equips him for making such exam
nations, and DR.. Ohage cannot prevent
any dairyman from employing DR.. DALI
more to inspect his herd. But DR.. Ohage
can refuse to issue the license, and COM
| pei the dairyman to have the cattle IN
.spected again by his inspectors.
| A meeting was held yesterday afternoon
| at the health office and the question of
| inspection was discussed for couple of
hours. Present were DR.. Bracken, sec
rotary Of the state board Of health DR..
Reynolds, state veterinarian; Commission
er Of Health Justus Ohage; Mrs. Condo
| Hamlin, president Of the Woman's Civic
| league; Drs. Pomeroy and Kirby, veter-
| mary surgeons Of the health department;
| Meat Inspector Jansen, and inspector
| Plompon, Of the state board Of health.
DR.. Ohage stated that the milkmen had
| fought the ordinance, and particularly the
| inspection fee clause, on the ground that
| it was excessive. He had always had
| his suspicious as to this contention, and
| these were confirmed when dairyman
| from Langdon had informed him that
some dairymen were tampering with their
| herds. DR.. Kirby one Of the department
| experts, had found that the cows he in
spected and injected with tuberculn act
| ed strangely, and in some herds all OF
| the cows jumped and reared when an at
| tempt was made to make the tests This,
| to the inspector, seemed to show that
someone had been practicing on the cows
before. Dr. Ohage then read the resoiu e.
lions passed by the dairymen's associa-
ton, calling him a coward, and demand
I ing that he produce proof that any Of
| the herds had been tempered with.
I'VE secured pretty good evidence
! against one man." continued the heath
4 commissioner, land one of the dairymen
! told me he had paid 70 cents per head to
have his cattle inspected. When the Or
| dinance which the dairymen fought OILY
provided for a fee Of so cents per head,
| it looked queer to me-"
| The commissioner inquired of DR..
! Bracl1en if the certificates of veterinary
surgeons should be accepted and license
| issued and cited a case where veter-
| marian had stated that he had examined
200 cattle, and only found two showing
| signs of disease. No report of the two
| had been made to his office, as required
| by law, nor to the Office of the state bard
| Of health. The failure: to. make such a
| report was against the law, and Or.
| Ohage thought the state board of health
should look up the matter and take ac-
| ton.
Mrs. Hamlin suggested that it would
| be best to fight the matter in the courts
| rather than in the newspapers.
| DR.. Ohage presented to DR.. Reynolds
| the record of a test made by veteri.
| marian, on which a dairyman asked for
| license, and asked if the record was III
his opinion sufficient to grant a license
| on. Dr. Reynolds said it was hardly an
4 ideal record, and he did not think he
/ would issue a license on it, as there had
J not according to the figures, been
| enough tempera lures taken at the right
| hours 1t was suggested that the vet
| erinarian who had failed to report the two
diseased cows should be proceeded
against, and DR.. Bracken said If the
| health commissioner would write him Il
letter setting forth the facts he would
take action in the case DR.. Ohage did
not desire to do this.
1 Figures were presented showing that
l since the ordinance went into effect In
April last to Dec. 81, the number of herds
/ visited by the health inspectors was 105;
cattle tested with tuberculin 1854; cattle
found diseased, 154; number of diseased
cattle turned over to state board Of
health outside the city, So; number OF
diseased cattle in city, 66; number of
diseased cattle, killed inside the city
limits. 20; number passed for food when
killed, Is; number condemned as unfit for
food, s. number still in Quarantiney 45.
Of the diaries examined 81 were found in
good condition; ID in fair condition and
eight In poor condition
Dr.. Ohage inquired how tampering with
herds could be prevented. DIR. Bracken
took the position that no licenses should
be granted by the department until after
the cattle had been inspected by the ex-
perts from the health department. An
other point made by DR.. Bracken waa
that the dairymen should be impressed
with that portion of the law which pro-
vides that whenever there is a diseased
cow the fact should be reported to the
local health office.
DR.. Pomeroy questioned If the dairy
men would not make money by paying
70 cents per head for outside inspection
as it would enable them to ascertain the
animals diseased, and get rid of them
for food before the department arrived to
inspect them
DR.. Ohage thought there was no way
TO get protection, unless the state poaro
g, of health backed UP the local depart
ment, and enforced the law.
DR.. Reynolds said the whole matter
would be solved by issuing notice thaT
/ licenses would not be issued unless the
inspection had been made by experts
from the health department and this Dr,
| Ohage decided would be done.
| DR. Pomeroy declared that the state
:nent made by DR.. baltimore TO the effect
that the health department had given a
certificate for eighry-ive cows, when but
fftv were examined, was not true, and ne
urged that Dr. baltimore be prosecuted
for not reporting the two cows which ne
claimed to have found diseased.