The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-03
GENERAL MILK INSPECTION,
state Board of Health in Active Cruz
SADIE Throughout the State.

state Board of Health in Active Cru
SADIE Throughout the State.
New Jersey S Board Of Health is en-
gagged in an aggressive crusade for the
publication Of the milk supply Of the
State, and following the recent war
| fare against the unsanitary creameries
is now engaged in important work
among the diaries.
The work now under way and still
to be prosecuted in Atlantic City in
wolves an official examination of the
entire milk supply of the city, an in
vestigation of every apparently unsan-
itary dairy, to be followed by deter
mined action to correct the evils.
The State Board has secured from
Edward Gion, the local health officer
OF Atlantic City, a complete list Of all
the milk producers who supply the
city. Two inspectors of the State
board have been detailed to inspect
every diary. AS soon as an inspection
is made an official report is forwarded
to DR.. Henry Mitchell, secretary and
executive officer of the board, at the
State House. The report is consid-
cred in detail and every unsanitary
feature is listed. This examination
covers every part of the methods used
in collecting, handling, cooling and de-
livering the milk,
Information as to the result of the
inspection is forwarded to Health Off
Ger Gion, showing the conditions and
the action taken by the State Board.
This information shows in what par
ticulars the diary premises covered by
the report do not comply with the
State regulations. 1t then becomes
the duty of the local heal III
officer, backed by the local board, to
notify the dairyman that he must cor
rect every defect found on his place.
In cases of failure to comply with
the orders of the board, the local
board may bring legal action to pro-
hibit the sale of milk from that diary
under authority Of the act of-April %,
1897. This act prohibits the sale of
any milk transported or stored in an
unclean manner or place, or which is
produced from cows diseased or which
are stabbed under unhealthful con-
ditions.
The main points In the inspection
are the condition of the COWS, the SAN
itary condition OF the stables, the gen
eral degree of cleanliness Of the whole
premises, method of handling the
milk, the purity Of the water supply
in reference both to what the cows
drink and that used in washing the
milk utensils, etc.
Dr. Mitchell pointed out some of
the defects found. In several lnstan-
ces the water supply was found to be
contaminated. This was ascertained
by sending samples of suspected water
TO the State chemists in Trenton for
analysis. In one instance this con-
tamination was caused by the eontin-
ual throwing Of Stops from the house
on the ground within a few feet Of the
we'll
One OF the COW stable regulations
adopted by The State Board is that
each cow should have at least 800 Gu
bic feet OF space, otherwise the stable
cannot be kept sanitary. In one At
lantic City dairy it was found that the
stable gave but $50 cubic feet Of space
to each COW.
Tie conditions found in Atlantic
City are about on a par with those
found elsewhere, Dr. Mitchell said,
The work is to be continued as rap
idly as the facilities of the State de-
partment will permit until the whole
State has been covered"
Every man owes it to himself and his
family to master trade or profession