The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-25
MILK DEALERS
DOING BETTER
DIR. SHOREY FINDS THAT THE
NEW LAW MAKES THE MILK
MEN MORE CAREFUL.

MEN MORE CAREFUL.
The Board of Health held a regular
meeting yesterday and transacted
good deal of routine business Dr.
Shoreys report as food commissioner
for the month of May was received,
containing accounts of work he has
done among milkmen and other pur
veyors of foods. DR.. Shorey reported
marked improvement in the milk sam
pies since the reorganization of the
Board under the new laws. His re-
port said. regarding bad samples Of the
month:
These samples with one exception
were all obtained during the first part
of the month, when owing to the pend
ing reorganization of the Board l did
not feel sure that l had any authority
to prosecuae. Since the present Board
of Health was appointed and the mat
ter of a new food law was given some
publicity in the papers, the average
of samples examined has been high.
milk supplied from the other side
of this Island and retailed by A. Lud
loft has, previous to the passage Of the
present food law, contained a preserv-
ative, boric acid. The attention Of
those interested was drawn to the
clause in the new law prohibiting pre-
servatives Of any kind in milk and af-
ter some talk of testing the matter in
court the use of preservatives in this
milk has been discontinued
Mr.. Shorey reports a sample of sar-
dimes in good condition, one of pear
| 4,
pies of water from the boys industrial
school at Waialee too small for COM
plete analysis. His report also says:
"A number of cases of ptomaine
poisoning have been reported includ-
! ing salmon, cheese and shrimps, but
have had the opportunity of exam
lining only one sample of the suspected
articles viz: cheese. This was ordin-
airy California cream cheese containing
over 80 per cent butter fat and with
nothing in taste, smell or appearance
to excite suspicion. From about l h.
of this a very small portion of a crys-
| talline body was obtained giving the
| chemical reactions of tyotoxicOn,
ptomaine sometimes found in cheese
milk and ice cream. Eating a small
piece of the cheese produces severe
headache and nausea.
with regard to a lot of canned
goods reported condemned last month
l have been asked why l did not give
the names Of the brands and in reply
would say that in this lot were many
brands which are first class goods
when in good condition, but those were
to a certain extent in a state of de-
composition owing to age and careless
handling. Any canned salmon oysters
| condensed milk, etc, no matter how
good will become unfit for food in time
especially if moved several times and
stored in warm place as these were,
and the publication of the brands of
! goods which has become unfit for food
| in this way would be no guide to the
public and would be unfair to those
handling the same brands in good con-
dition."
A letter was read from Supreinten-
dent McVeigh, asking that the permit
of c. Kopena, to stay at the leper set
Element as a kOkua, be revoked, as he
was lazy and a trouble maker. being
a swipes manufacturer and a drunkard.
He is 81 years of age and married, and
the board decided to give him a warn
ing and defer action in his case until
the next visit of the board to the set
! Element.
Paul r. Isenberg, president of the
| Dairymens Association, wrote letter
! inquiring why bids had not been ask
ed for on the asylum milk supply. The
matter was referred to the asylum
committee for report, after Dr. Cooper
had stated that it had not been Gus
tomary to advertise for bids for milk
since 1891.
The petition of John Robert Holt for
permission to open a coffee shop at Ka-
laupapa was, on the recommendation
of Mr.. McVeigh, granted.
A. G. Kullberg petitioned for permits
sion to open fish market in Hilo. The
president stated the Board could only
| deal with markets in existence, and 1t
was decided to refer Mr.. Kullberg to
the Superintendent of Public Works.
A letter was received from George
r. Carter, Secretary of the Territory,
stating that the Executive Council was
not in favor of B. H. Smiths scheme
of establishing drinking fountains for
horses throughout the city. 1t was
voted to reply to the Secretary of the
Territory in effect that the Board S
jurisdiction only extends to the sani-
tary question of the proposed foun-
tains.
DR., w. F. Jones sent in an applica-
ton for the position of veterinary sur
geon at Hilo. The secretary was ms
tructed to reply that there being no APP
preparation in the hands of the Board
for the purpose the application could
not be considered.
HAVE FLIED A PROTEST