New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-17
BLACK EYE FOR OYSTERS.
Or. Darlington Tells Housekeepers Some
Unpleasant Truths.

..r7-,e- C.yster" fat and fair. plump and entc-
,g 1,n1ned away from DR.. Darlingtou's lecture at
I9rooL1vn Institute Thursday. with a black eye.
nv harrington who is the Health Commissioner
-. n-evrYork talked on Pure Food Supplies Of
(--.a, cities" First he told Of fashionable dinner
-, b,- a phys.ctan a large number OF other
physicians The customary course of oysters on
the shell was missing. It explained by the
tos. with reference to their unsanitarY qualities
under present methods. and much Of the converse
lion throughout the dinner given up TO the dan
gers Of typhoid from the New-York oyster.
Then Dr.. Darlington took his audience out on the
Great South Bay TO creeks and inlets and peaceful
river banks with the stereopicon. Quaint old
Long Island houses. dropping trees and shrubbery,
pretty pictures these But everywhere on these pic
turesoue shores were outhoUses, vaults and mouths
Of sewers. all three dschargng their foul contents
into these placid streams. And there, right under
the mouths OF the sewers, right under the vaults
Of the outhouses. oyster floats and bargeS,
loaded with oysters brought in to be freshened-
Two or three days IN fresh water said DR..
Darlington. pumps up the oyster wonderfully.
II does not really increase in weight or nourtsh-
ueut but Il swells up that It occupies more
space and looks fatter and more attractive. Oys-
tiers are rot sold by the pound, but by the pint
or quart II pays the dealers TO bring them IN
and fatten them few days IN these polluted wa
ters tul OF typhoid germs
PATTERNED OYSTERS.
Physicians are becoming convinced that these
polluted 'fattened oysters as active agents IN
the spread OF typhoid as bad milk water supply.
II this thing goes on. the time Will come when
physicians viii condemn the raw oyster as an
article Of food, and hundreds OF reputable dealers
viii suffer because Of the determined refusal OF
certain others TO cooperate in the EFFORTS 70 purify
the food supply Of New-YoTl-
AT South Norwalk the crock IN which the oys-
fes are fattened receives the sewage Of a city
Of ZeJ0 inhabitants. and there and in adjacent
towns there has recently been an epidemic O.
typhoid"
Photographs were shown of oyster scows moored
ss II with malice aforethought, at the very mouths
Of sewers. An oyster barge was shown moored d.
rectly under an overhauging vault at Great Kills,
Staten Island Near Canarsie an oyster bed was
shown IN a creek polluted with the sewage Of a
hospital. and at another place one lay in friendly
proximity to q cemetery.
and all this" said DR.. Darlington, would be
oute eliminated If the oysters brought direct
70 the city from their natural beds in the salt
water"
CONDITION OF DIARIES
Then he took his auditors further upstate. to
The dairies. With the stereopticon he showed them
cow stables. with old wooden floors, covered with
filthy bedding, the refuse Of New-York stables.
From the ceiling and beams dropped millions Of
ootwebs the crop Of years laden with filth, ready
10 drop gently into the milk pals. Or the floors
were Of cement, broken and holding pools Of wa
ter swarrning with germs He showed long arrays
Of milk cans carefully set to dry beside vast ma
waited particles into the receptacles which were
% carry the milk TO the city.
Then he showed & stable in which all the require
nsts Of the city had been complied with
fzooth, clean. unbroken cement floor; clean walls;
man. in cap and apron beside great table OF
bottles, which he was scalding IN hot water
Showed the efforts Of the dairynan 10 have every
thing shpshape
The department has legal control over these
dairy FARMS" said DR.. Darlington. They are out
see The city limits But q promise to condemn
}neF MIX in the city is Just as effectual as any
Jaw. Ihey try Immediately to clean up 1t IS i'm
!!osSio.e. however. with the force at our command
~ oIecl me milk supply or the city One of the
- J Ell requirements for pure milk supply is that
T re CANCERS Ct long transportation Chicago gets
s e. us tnilk from within a radius Of forty miles
miles 70 reach Us =. jersey pennsylvania and
0laer States contribute to our milk supply.
IMPORTANCE OF PURE MILK.
The enormous importance Of pure milk supply
proved by the fact that a majority Of all deaths
II AeW-York Of infants and the majority Of
ms mortality is Of infants under a year old To
HA these babies 1t is not necessary that milk
solld be affected with bacteria Just take all the
cream out and you will do the business. What the
DeDg Specially needs Is the cream. You can mix
nlfe cream with pure water. and the baby will
-'e But when all the cream is removed, the
e-osance left in ;he milk is caseine the con-
-luent element Of cheese. Now, when baby's
,S'nach is filed up With solid cheese there is going
tsl,,-- -OND4S Inc vast amount OF INFANT NOR
CI9s from diarrho.a and bowel troubles arises
e..sety from this cause
tbo re hAk supply Of New-York comes from eighty
spetA or ga'r es Win our present staff we can
ration, under DR.. Lederle established rigid
s--oICs OF inspection. his administra IS pre-
rhg nose standards and conducting the depart
+5'g exactly The same lines During the pres
abe 6Ss32 III pounds Of fruit and
saIse they were unfit for food At o'clock
sgery morning the inspectors are busy M the
b,oS,,sies examining tie fruit and vegetables
y tsl' n 70 the feed the city. The boxes are piled
laps or ten, and the inspectors open every tenth
sno II the contents considered unsafe
fIa'le OF lime IS spCinkled them 10 render
uIsa4able Fresh fruit and vegetables do not
preeaTr,r.lgg admit Of adulteration But we have
sel IN the department specimen of artificial
START snortcal1e which. when fresh. bore a
--'-g resemblance 10 the real article"