The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-08
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T TSta july deaths, AS. Total Angus. deaths
In commenting on this report, DR.. Golel
said;
causes and not merely those from intes-
final diseases alone; but we do assume
that every death in a child under s years is
in part at least, due to the dirty character
| of It's food. We cannot, Of course, show the
effect Of this work on the health Of the chill
dren whose lives have been saved"
While the milk stations were designed
for the poor and people In moderate cir
c~umstanoes, it is q fact that all classes OF
people ~patronize them. To get milk from
them men ride bicycles for miles and people
'e Mann IN f sse the hh%s'e sapps.sEon las' Of Fes snatitud.
that are heard as poor. people are instructed
by the nurses concerning a few simple rules
in the booklet and obtain the milk at a cost
of a few cents a day. As one mother anxious
for living children said:
children with summer complaint, and l
think the milk and the book kept my fourth
baby"
Rochester's population is 1876, 900, and 1t Is
estimated that 76 600 quarts Of milk are
This comes from 100 farms Within a radius
Of sixty miles in three dire ctions, and Is dis
tributed by 22s retail dealers licensed at
~ each.
All Of the dairy farms and vendors prem
ises are inspected twice yearly, and oftener
found to be in an unsanitary condition he
receives a letter warning him that unless
the conditions are remedied his milk will be
denied sale in the city.
For several years the health bureau
6 aas n e%ad @ore tha To i iSs 600 u Beots = sta tn ard
cubic centimetre. No ordinance provides
for this standard, nor Is the attempt made
to punish the vender whose milk does not
unreasonably exceed this standard.
II a sample contains more than 500, 600
bacteria the vender Is warned that his
license will be revoked il he again has 80
large a count II such a number is found
on q subsequent examination the license
Is revoked as a still further warning, though
he Is permitted to renew 1t IL he promises
to E pursue ss %Srs Of o's milE m mssh9 Ssvs , ,,osn..
and a sign on his wagon. The yender, not
the producer, is held responsible for the
quality Of the milk he cells.
When an application Is made for a license
the chief milk inspector goes to the prem
cattle utensils and stables and returns a
written report thereon. II the report is
unsatisfactory the license Is withheld
until the conditions are ameliorated.
The bureau has also established what
Is called the Rochester milk commission.
winch ID COmpobou VI IuTe5 IuoIlD6TS OF the
Rochester Academy of Science and the city
health officer, ex-oficio. Up to the present
time it has certified but one vender-pro-
Queer whose milk meets all the require
ments.
He sells milk at nine cents q quart. The
condition OF his premises is told in brief bw
the record OF l05 consecutive bacterial
counts Of this certified milk which yielded
an average Of lees than 1000 bacteria to
the cubic oentmetre..
On the infectious disease register in the
city health office is entered the name OF the
vender who supplies milk to a family where
in a case OF contagious disease breaks out.
II a vender Is found to bave more than three
cases Of any Of the diseases named occur
on his route in rapid succession the inspec-
tor Immediately gets on the trail, following
the suspicious milk from the farm to the
consumer.
As a result Of this system outbreaks OF
scarlet fever, typhoid fever and diphtheria
have been discovered and out short, limiting
the cases to from four to eighteen in each
outbreak. In each Of the outbreaks one OF
the infeotiots Diseases responsible for the
outbreak was found upon the farm Of the
ndik producer.