The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-18
HEALTH BOARD SAYS DIARIES
SEOUL BE CLEAN.


 Dr. J. H. Townsend, secretary of the state board of health, in the bulletin for July directs attention to the necessity for cleanliness in dairies and urges strict dairy inspection. Referring tol this feature the report says:
 For several years the health au- thorities of our cities have paid much attention to examining the quality of the milk sold within their limits in or der to determine whether cream had teen aostracted, water added or chem ical preservatiyes used; also to see whether it contained bacteria in ex- cessive quantities. Until recently the conditions at the farms have been largely overlooked on account of the expense of inspecting them and other difficulties.
 Fresh milk being a good culture media for most bacteria, and germs that get into 1t through careless milk ing of improper handling rapidly null tiply, especially when the milk is not properly cooled The ordinary bacteria 1 of milk, which are derived from man | uiO uuSL dlll OJ4lGI SOuLCCS cL 2 lAtlA lAA- full and render the milk dangerous to infants when present in considerable quantities. Of great importance also is the infection from diseased cattle, those suffering from tuberculosis and disease of the milk glands. It is gen. erally considered, however, that the most serious contamination of milk is the contagion of scarlet fever, typhoid fever and diphtheria.
 ''In spite of laboratory examinations the conditions at the farm can only be learned by inspection, and the city or state should employ enough inspectors to visit each farm supplying milk at least once a year. The inspectors should see that the cows, barns, milk CTS and milk rooms are in a clean con- dition, that the water used in the dairy room is above suspicion. and that the bottles and utensils used In milking are properly sterilized. The health officer of a city should be notified whenever case of typhoid fever, scarlet fever or diptheria occurs on farm supplying that city with milk, and no person having such a disease should have anything to do with milking or the care of the milk
 There are in this state many mode dairy farms which use every precau tion to produce pure milk. These farm serve as an example to their neighbors and have done much to raise the gen eral standard, but there are still nun bers of small farms which, through ig norance or carlessness, are a menace to the health of the people whom the! supply with milk"
 According to the mortality report there were 1,525, deaths in the stat during the month of uly, being 27 more than in the month of June, 12 less than in July 1905, and 92 nor than the average number for the mont for the five years preceding. Tn , death rate per 1,000 was 90.1 for tn large towns, 1a.S for the small town , and 1s.5 for the whole state. The lare , est number of deaths in any one tow , was in New Haven, 200; Bridgeport be ing second with 1n, and Hartfor third with 157. The towns reportin no deaths are Andover, Ashford barkhampstead, Bethany, Bridgewatei . Chaplin, Eastford East Graniby l Franklin, Hampton, Killingwortt | Marlborough, Mlddlebury Montvillt } North Haven, Oxford, Ponfret, Pros pect, Rocky Hill, Roxbury, Scotland Sharon, South Windsor, Holland Trumbull and Wolcott.
 The total number of living birth during the month of June was 1,90l and tho number of marriages for tn same period was 1895. Four cases o smallpox were reported during tn month of July, 157 cases of measles, . of scarlet fever, 2 of cerebro-spine , fever, 80 of diphtheria and croup, S2 C whooping cough, 65 of typhoid feve , and 5S of consumption. There wer two deaths of measles, two of diDh theria of croup, five of whooping cougf four of typhoid fever and 23 of con sumption. The health officers of s , towns reported that they had not bee , notified of any cases of infectious dis z eases