New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
SAVING INFANTS LIVES.
T4LUE OF PURE MILK.
Great Work accomplished bg
Nathan Strauss System.


dealing with the philanthropic distribution OF
milk, which opened here yesterday at the
Pasteur Institute. closed its sessions to-day.
There was a large and representative attend
ance OF delegates from many countries
Or. A. P. Greene. director Of the Strauss milk
depots in New-York, read a paper by Nathan
straus, explaining the methods Of the Straus
system of distribution. Mr.. straus wrote in
part follows:
act the evils OF popular ignorance Why not treat
physical ailments IN the same manner? Prevent
hood into diseased. weakened and helpless manhood
and womanhood. The enormous sums paid annuaIly
70 hospitals and like institutions should as FAR as
possible be saved II Is miIk-raw milk, diseased
are Of sickness in The world Mix is the one article
out giving any suspicion from it's taste. smell or
appearance. Why then. 1t in its raw form7
that the only safe rule is-Pasteurize the entire
milk supply and make it a function OF the munic-
The evils OF impure milk, which. according to tho
leading cause OF mortality OF q per cent OF cb 6ie
dren before three years old and OF many adults are
First-It is generally known that 1t causes diar
hot months. are the most fruitful source of ntant
death Dr. tshakespeare Of Phadephia emf
bali OF ns deaths IN cities in the United States
these are diaTThoea disturbances caused by the use
see0nd.A number of the most violent infectious
diseases to, 10 which the human race is subject are
e0eny has Become k the For carTa k may and fire.
found in cattle, but occurring the farm or dairy
Ko5eF traced I4S epdeMcs Of typhoid to the dairy,
fever and Of dphtberi8 bs OK epaaeo Of scarlet
the chance OF doubt 10 the same source.
reported where there was no doubt about the milk
spR Peas b the carrier br Of the germs Outbreaks
where dfphtheria has been known to exist in the
Of scarlet fever and Cholera Pasteurizatoo er
sterilization Of milk is the only safeguard against
such dangerous diseases. this process DESTROYS
al the disease germs-"-(United States Department
d--COntarnination occurs through diseases Of
the ea{e e me m6st prevalent being
lists in COWS is shown by the following:
mark over GO per cent Of the ANNALS a a tmbePe e
ious in all herds of over fifty head Maefadyen
p Of the Tnied STATES it as fo9 n th xaf fTo
10 so per cent OF the cattle gave evidence Of the
disease So appalling is this evidence that Profess
THE milk fed 10 infants is the chief cause
SUMPTION He based tbs assertion upon Roemers
tremey passable. both for toxins and for bacteria
and prove fatal OF. Behring asserted. may be-
como latent in the nlesenterie glands only 10 be-
sumption Behring believes in other words that
4ss se s Ssfs 81 iHfeoto an
II the assertion OF Behrtng reveals the truth, of
convinced its practical Importance is appalling at
b.n infested with tuberculosis through their food
and one-seventh Of all deaths are due to tubercu
n then, Pasteurization milk is conceded to be
effective in relieving diarrhoal trouble IL it
terminate the germs OF the fatal disease OF which
milk the chief carrier II by this process the 30
per cent or g large fraction be saved from the
bane Of tuberculosis. further argument should
be necessary TO demonstrate its need.
I began with depot in one of the most thickly
populated districts OF New-York; at present main
tain seventeen in summer and six in winter. Here
nv preparations are sold follows:
Ten s-ounce bottles for FIVE cents.
bottles
Eight Bounce bottles for Eve cents
Two 16-ounce bottles five cents
To those who cannot pay this nominal price the
milk is given free II addition the visiting phy-
EiciaRs OF the Board OF Health and all physicians
doing charitable work among the poor have from
the beginning of my work been supplied with all
the Pasteurized and modified milk which they re-
Quired, free OF expense.
The milk is distributed IN bottles with round bot
that il cannot be left uncorked and be ex-
posed TO contamination. Printed directions for
mothers use handed 20 ALL instructing the
inexperienced as toAhe best method Of feeding in
fants
The constant increase Of the scope of my work
can be best seen from a consideration of the fol-
lowing figures: In 1888 81 400 bottles dispensed
During the present year 266s.3N bottles have been
dispensed and I016.7G glasses of Pasteurtzed milk
drunk the premises. Its results can be more
eloquently told by the statistics Of the Health De-
partment than by any words Of mine The follow
ing table gives the population, deaths and death
rate Of children under five years of age, and shows
that the death rate per thousand was gradually
decreased from $50 per thousand in 1881 TO Is per
thousand il 1894: 81