The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11
MONTGOMERY'S DEATH RATE
 FOR YEAR 1903 WAS 12.a


 hoof for. the causes siveni sss besves, tod poor for human food; 1e beeves. advanced stage of pregnancy; 1 beef, overfed and drunk; beef. recently caived; beeves fever; calves. too poor for food; calves. too young for food: hogs, boarsi hog, crippled; goats. rams; total re. jected. si7.
 'sThe following were condemned and tanked on post-mortem examination: Two beeves. abscess, 800 pounds; beeves. ex- tensive bruises. 76o pounds. 1 beef. in- fiammation. $50 pounds; beef. measles. 3S0 pounds; beef. pyaen1ia. 800 pounds; beeves, septicaernia, 7S0 pounds; beef. spoiled. 300 pounds; 16 beeves, Texas fe- yer. AID pounds: beeves. too poor for food. 400 pounds: beeves. tuberculosis. 2.7s2 pounds: calf. Texas fever. % pounds; 20 hogs. cholera, 1.405 pounds; hog. jaundice, 12o pounds; il hogs. meas les. 1870 pounds; hos, pneumonia, 40 pounds; hogs. trichinae, bs5 pounds; 2 hogs, tuberculosis. 16o pounds; sheep. congestion, 20 pounds, 3 sheep. overheat- ed. 100 pounds; l sheep. septicaemia, 5q pounds; sheep. too poor for ood. 3S pounds; sheep. tuberculosis, s5 pounds; 119 beef flyers. diseased. 244s pounds; 1.4ll hog flyers, diseased. 3,b6s pounds: bruised and diseased meats cut away. 1,2z5 pounds; cured meats condemned and tanked as rancid, 2,50o pounds; sausage spoiled, $50 pounds; total amount of meats condemned and tanked. H,4z1 pounds.
 ''One thousand five hundred and seven ty boxes of meat. 62 hogs and 7s7 sheep were inspected from the West. BIO dressed animals were inspected from the country.
 '"The total number of inspections made by the meat inspectors was 19.96l. Fees were collected for each inspection and the amount, $1.s9s.1o paid into the City Treas ury.
 Milk Inspection.
 "The milk inspector reports that therc are no dairies located within the city nm- its. The principal supply of milk is ob- tained from dairy farms within radius of ten miles No milk is received by rail. A quantity of cream. however. is received in this manner.
 "The total number of milk cows at the several dairies Is ST. furnishing daily average of 700 gallons of sweet milk. be- sides buttermilk. cream and skinned milk, of which considerable quantities are sold. About 50 per cent. of the milk Is delivered in glass bottles, the remainder in ten vessels.
 No pasteurized milk Is at present sold in the city, the practice appeared to grad ualy fall into disfavor. There appears to be diversity of opinion even among phy- biCidnS fCBdtUih6 thC OApCuiCnCy Ol tEC pasteurizing process. several physicians claiming the natural milk Is a superior food when it can be obtained pure from healthy cows
 "One hundred and forty-one cows were tested with tuberchlin for tuberculosis. The results were satisfactory and the arl- finals tagged. The sanitary conditions at several of the barns and dairy rooms were not satisfactory and mention IS made in the report of those not coming up to the standard.
 Three hundred and seventy-four sam ples of sweet milk were taken from the dairy wagons while on their routes serv- ing customers. One dairyman was ar rested for selling milk under per cent. and was fined. two others were arrested but were released.
 Each sample taken from dairy wag- ons was tested for the following adulter- ants: Annato, starch, formalin, boracic acid, coloring matter. salicylic acid, wa- ter and soda.
 "The general average per centum of butter fat wa sas follows: