New-York tribune., 1902-01-19
REPORT ON NIX SUPPLY
ROCkEFELLER INSTITUTE INvESTTGA.
TORS SAY CERTIFICATION is ONE
'r SOLUTION OF PURITY PROBLEM. -

The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Researrs
mas issued a report Of the Investigation into the
milk supply of this city carried on by the Institute
with the cooperation OF Professor William FfaIo.k
Park The bacterioloEicaI work was done AZ the
laboratory Of the Health Department The report
says:
The milk delivered n New-yorJ1 amounts - ,,,-
one, Sne aad ~ half million quarts day. This comes
Much az II is brought two bHn5rS5 7ii F % Ceants @
or II over three hundred miles and its pro51rrion
thing like general supervision Impossible AM
Inc work OF the institute begun last June
and has been continued Up To the present rira Tha
scope OF the work planned included observations on
creame-, sanitary condition Of The farms and
SscOnd-Iiailway transportation and city delivery
the number and varieties Of bacteria present - -
E3GrthmThe effect Of milk of various degrees Of
dren in institutions and tenements during the hot
Fifth-A more definite study OF the changes oc-
curing In milk which cause disease.
farmer could be e5ened PG5n G The for dealer and the
operation in improving the milk supply
IL goes on to tell OF the inspection made az the
farms and creameries by Mr.. Burnett and Dr.
! sarah Beicher. Most OF the milk for the city is
collected at creameries. which each receive the
milk or from twenty TO fifty farms Many OF the
farms were examined According 10 the report
'he COW barns were in fair condition and the cows
We're generally found In good health but almost no
pains was taken 10 keep them clean. There was no
pretence at personal cleanliness made by the men.
Two examples OF bad conditions are then cited.
The inspector suggested improvements az tbs v..-
Gus farms.
ments sS Themselves very great mprov
that a creamery supplied with sterilizer FOR
bottles or cans; and those in charge were often is
nOrant or the simplest milk
Elimination and how II TO be avoided
The report then deals with the subject Of bacteria
in milk and the resultant diseases. II SAYS:
The chief dangers in milk are due TO the bacteria
in which nearly all bacteria sroN rapily and in
II they multiply at favorable temperature. l. e.
The number Of bacteria is The best means of de-
sybaib "nether the milk is clean and fresh ana
WIN certainty the story of mistakes and neglect
bles. when taken under the best precautions now
PoSSSloie, cooled immediately 70 below % desrees
transportation by proper icing and sent by express
pascShutoh against contamination. contains when u
reaches the consumer from ten thousand 70 one
This for the best milk ''''' H e''''
Now. what Of The worst milk? During last sum
Eer the milk sold in the groceries OF the tenement
made ty The heCf,rioIc~iSt fr;y, fS,,r TiiIor to
six hundred million in each teaSpoonful. and just
SuGh it milk as tins was fed last summer TO many
During the latter of June three groups q IN
living IN different sections OF the city ana is1
E2Iion yere In each section portion OF the @ ie vrs
ALREADY using while Tor the remainder psons spsCra
milk was furnished. Comparatively little serious
cial sterillzed milk The children who received re
grocery milk did much worse in similar sGrrouna-
fngS.
The report advocates two requirements for the
purity of milk-a sterilzing apparatus at every
creamery where bottlng is done, and great care III
keeping milk at the proper temperature IL ASKS
for better methods of transportation from the eoun-
try districts. The local delivery methods are also
found to be fault. the milk being permitted 10
stand the station platforms for six hours at I'M
proper temperatures The report ends by saying;
MIX certificatiOn al the present time seems 70 %
a solution OF some of the difficulties mentioned ~
connection with this problem. II seems 10 ee ne
hodv of persons who stand between the dealers ans
the public, and who are able TO give SOME SUI - -
an assurance 10 the public that mix hHS peen nra
died and produced under proper hNSeiiic CohuSO.
such an assurance is now proVlded IN ceLtihS";
ISsucd BY the County Medical Society, whlch -
given in two forms. This society mas apPyeihteI,
@cnrnigsion to paSs upon the milk Suppheu os al
fere M dealers Tire commission Is cohposru Ot gssb
fessonai men of the highest standing, whS VII VII
the reDOrts furnished by the Inspector ana the uaS
terioogist are qualified 70 Judge IN these
When they find possible 10 assure taeIsette
mat milk is produced under wholesome conGItlotS
thev grant TO such dealer permission 70 employ
isb.l "Inspe-rted by the MIX commission St u'-
Medical Society of the COUNTY or NeN-foiA -
In is therefore possible lot aiy % Gle ~, ~ o,lv
yorl ,vbo - willing to pay proper price not un.S
~ nh,sin M b,t 10 Know that he obtains. pure anu
safe milk. IN Ill hn~o-oa General
This movement for pure milk VIII 1eeoTne $50,
and extsnsivs ~ n is sustained by public opinion.