The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-06-13

L OVOe
in the enormous saving of child life,
which is now occurring, consists in a bet
ter understanding of the dangers attend
ing the use of unclean milk 1t is rea-
sonable to believe that still more graft.
flying results are to follow, for thus far
the protective measures against infected
milk have been almost entirely applied
to this article of food after it is deliy-
cred to consumers, but producers shall
intelligently and faithfully adhere to the
laws of asepsis in the collection, cooling,
stora ge, transportation and delivery of
milk, then will we be able to learn the
true value of hygiene, so far as it af
fects the food of infants. 1t is encourage
ing to observe that the hygienic control
of milk supplies has assumed better
working basis in numerous localities in
the state, and that popular demand f&r
clean milk has been created, and is be-
ginning to meet with responsive efforts
from a few of the more progressive
dairymen.
''The dilution Of milk by the addition
of water is attracting less attention from
sanitary officers than this form of adul-.
teraition at one time commanded. but
greater interest attaches to the sources
of the water with which the producer of
dealer dilues the milk. By the aid of
ter and skim with high dgree of skill,
and the consumer has the satisfaction of
receiving product having almost un,
varying uniformity as far as specific
gravity is concerned, and if the water is
taken from the uncontaminated source
the vendor and the buyer may adjust the
dilution question by an adjustment of
the price. But cleanliness of the milk
and its freedom from pathogenic bacte,
ria constitute another and very much
more important line of inquiry for the
sanitary officer. and he recognizes the
demand which consumers are making for
milk which is produced on clean prem
ses, by clean persons and which is col
lected and sold under conditions which
effectually protected it against contain
nation. Pure water, and no other; ice
from water which is fit to drink; healthy
cattle: clean, well-hghted and well ven
tilated stables; eclusion Of flies; clean
utensils; freedom from infectious dis.
eases on the part of the persons engaged
in handling the milk-at least all of
these features are imperatively required
in conducting the modern dairy.
The spread of typhoid fever by means
of milk which has become contaminated
by the use on dairy premises of water
from polluted wells or springs is so fire.
quent in its occurrence that a revolution
in the milk business has long been de-
manded by sanitary authorities, but few
producers and dealers yet realize their
responsibility for the hundreds of prema-
ture deaths which are directly dne to the
dooryard well. The attention of the Leg
islature has been drawn to the import
ance of providing pure water ON dairy
premises, and the following requirement
has been enacted:
Il. No person shall knowingly distrib-
or have in his possession with intent to
distribute or sell, any milk which has
been produced by cows that have not
been daily supplied with pure and whole
some water; and no person shall wash
or attempt to cleanse any can or utensil
used for handling or transporting milk,
in water water in which he shall have
reason to believe is polluted, contamin-
ated or impure. 2 Every person who
shall violate any of the provisions of the
first section of this act shall be liable to
penalty of fifty dollars, which shall be
| recoverable in the same manner and in
any court or before any magistrate that
any penalty is recoverable under the pro
visions of the act to which this is a sup
plement"
MICHIGAN CENTRAL AND
LAKE SHORE RY,s PACIFIC