The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-08
PLETHORA OF GERMS
Instances Cited Iof Unsanitory Condl'
lions at Diaries, Tube, culo, j. and
Bacteria in Quantities...Fu'l
Discussion. Dairy Men
Agree to Regulations.

ditions of the Raleigh diaries was
submitted and read by DR.. Graham.
and discussed by the members of the
committee and the dairy men, several
of whom were in attendance.
There were present of the Board of
Aldermen, Jackson, Upchurch and
Boylan, Mayor Johnson, DR.. +. r.
Hines and DIR. McGeachy, president,
and Sanitary Inspector L. +. sale,
secretary.
At the conclusion of the report, the
Board adjourned without taking any
action on the proposition that they
recommend to the Board of Alder
men the establishment of milk COM
mission or an inspector of diaries, or
both. as recommended in the report
The meeting was addressed by DR.. X
H. Lewis, Superintendent of Health,
who stated that he was in thorough
sympathy with the movement for pure
milk, as he was satisfied before the
report that the supply was to GER
tain extent tainted with filth and dis
ease germs, but that he advised eau
ton in the beginning and considered
il of prime Importance that the nrst
step should be a practical one and
not of a character so radical in It's
demands as to unduly embarrass the
men engaged In the UuSlHesS VI udiIy
ing.
The report, which took up the
diaries, showed that In many in
stances the conditions at the diaries
were such as to readily admit of filth
getting in the milk and that the bas-
THEOLOGICAL conditions were OF a char
acter to cause alarm. It was this
condition that was considered the
most serious of the facts shown by
hn
of disease and as being menace,
particularly to infant life.
For instance seventeen samples out
of sthirty-nine we're shown TO run
above 100000 germs per cubic cen
timeter and four samples above
4 100000. Six samples ran between
500, 900 and 100000.
In reply to a question from Alder
man jackson, it was stated that a
cubic centimeter was about fifteen
drops.
Particular attention was paid in the
report to drainage at the diaries, the
cleanliness of the utensils used and
the proper cooling of milk. At some
of the dairies mentioned there were
no provisions discovered by the COM
mittee for securing these results and
at others the report stated that while
the appliance We're on hand they
were not used.
Dr. TAFT Butler State Veterinarian,
arose as it were to question of per-
sonal privilege, station that he did not
sign the report. and that while MEM
Der of the committee he had not been
consulted with regard to it; that it
contained statements that he did not
approve and that he would not have
endorsed it as 1T was printed. Par
ticularly did Mr.. Butler attack that
portion of the report which had ref
erence to the tuberculous condition of
cows at certain dairies and the state
ment that in the absence of any law
| they should be killed and buried.
The State, he declared, gave the power
to control tuberculous cattle in quar-
antine and provided for their inspec-
| ton when they were killed, as to-
whether or not they would be fit for
| food. He criticized the publication
| of the report in a Raleigh daily, as
also did Mr.. Joel Whitaker, proprietor
| of one of the dairies concerned. and
Mr.. j. N. Holding, representing
another dairy.
| In response to these criticisms DIR.
Graham stated that DR.. Butler was
away from town when the report was
prepared and that as to the publica-
| ton, it was understood with the
News and Observer and the other
| daily that the report was not to be
released until after the meeting of
| the Board of Health, scheduled for
Saturday afternoon. Saturday evening
| he was informed that the other paper
| had already set up and put the report
| in it's forms, despite the agreement
under a Misrepresentation on the part
of the editor; that he protested against
| its publication, but was told that It'll
was too late.
Dr. Butler also criticised the pro-
posed milk committee, stating that
there should be veterinarian and a
practical dairyman thereon and, if for
political reasons the Mayor was to be
included the committee should be
raised to five members instead of
three, two M. DIS and a mayor, none
of whom was familiar with dairying.
In reply to this structure, Mayor
Johnson said that it was true that he
was not a practical dairyman, and
that he did not see where politics en-
tered into the putting of the Mayor
on the board.A mayor was not neces-
sarily in politics, said he, but he
thought that a State Veterinarian was.
Mr.. Whitaker and Mr.. Holden ad
dressed themselves to the report and
replied to certain portions thereof
which they considered to be inaccur-
ate. There was no denial, however,
of the more important portion thereof
as to the meteorological condition of
the milk supply.
Dr. Weihe, whose dairy had been
severely criticised, also spoke in ex
PLANTATION of conditions found at his
! place.
The report showed that as to the
quality of the milk. that is proportion
of facts, the supply was better than
| that obtaining in most cities and
towns, while the percentage of germs
was appalling large by contrast.
DIR. Lewis, by request, had the fol-
! lowing to say of the conditions pre-
vailing and as to the remedy to be
| applied:
| AS the instigator of the movement
! for health conditions in the State, he
wanted to state that what has been