New-York tribune., 1906-11-21
DEMAND PURE MILK.
EXPERTS IN CONFERENCE.
Paper by Nathan Stnaus Proposes
Com puEsory Sterilization.

- - .,or,c+er reaching no formulated
clusoa after hours Of discussion otheF llah a set
nj resolutions which embodied the Glst OF the IDEAS
SCI forth informally. this conference was never
,relAss n-ohsbIy one Of the most remarkable ever
assembled in this city TO consider one phase Of
city's health.
L contained physicians whose standing is con-
ea5ed 70 be the highest on questions concerning the
besf-h and care of infants representatives OF the
Health ana Charities departments OF this state and
city and Representatives. too. OF other cities and OF
the federal government
It's results viii come several months from this
meeting when committees have digested properly
the discussion brought yesterday. have pub
Ished Il ans incorporated its salient points into
citv ordinances and state legislation, which may
be s5opted for the safeguarding OF the lives of in
tarts n congested tenement districts and the
thousands or thousands who acquire disease be-
cause OF impure milk.
Committees We're authorized At the session last
night which w1u cooperate with the Department
o. Health. the County Medical Society and the
state Department OF Health one large committee
vii be appointed by George w Wickersham who
presided al the conference and from it sub-corn-
Ettees A committee Of I've also will be appointed
70 formulate The Work OF the conference and pub
The conference itself al its night session sane
lows:
! Is the sense OF this conference that
ntted but not tor consumption by infants and NOT
Il retail stores where whole milk is sold.
pr4So-2- Commercial pasJeurization has some
Thlrd-Iafants milk depots Should use both raw
ard DaseqEized milk. and all milk used should be
are desirable Much educational work Is possible
II connection with Il!il depotsi Il should be direct
&c TIE instruction Of mothers other persons
hay-s care o. infants IN the proper method o. feed
Fourt6-NoJhing Should be sold IN connection
with milk except other dairy products and sealed
package goods where milk is sold in grocery stores
nil IS kept free from cazct wiz tha other MFH ar rae
@ q III IN ,,ss II u s o a05 pTS%9s % % oRS at present en- to
CURED 70 be kept al ternpeTatGTe below 30 degrees
exTose5 70 q botIing cerDersII-s for a sT5f44cent
JEae 70 destroy ,i al petho!ogtcal germs and the
made for steriiizing Utensils a. least 10 the de-
gree OF boiling them daily. Attendants should
washable white suits and caps both for cleanliness
G-l Je nora ig eegt on those R0rchaslng mix
e. <7s-1 - Ts--I5 - S - Us5 E,,g+ - HreE states a9
ts advisable n connection with the Inspection for
form ot analysis for bacteria when a proper bac-
THEOLOGICAL standard has been evolved from expert
number Of Inspectors at the disposal Of the De
Re-tnet a Health Is epproxnaate!y sufficient for
dSSa & n & the sbS dTgtT 81 win Std the it sf2ts out out
eighty inspectors 70 handle the work adequately
siXJh-EdGcaJion on cleanliness should be spread
and milk handlers. Mothers should be trained 70
Distinguish between clean and impure milk Mix
supply Gepots should be established wherever pos
si-le IN tenement districts and lectures or in
mix Committees OF the conferene S shod hoe work T
win asslt1 depsTtrTnents Of city and state
pollution of milk TecePracIes a 1nisderleanor. In
.eo-ssar 10 preserve cleanliness OF milk. Enforce
mert o. laws rather than new legislation Is neces-
Diseased cattle should be weeded out Of every herd
While the Association for Improving the Condi-
tt71 OF the Poor was behind this conference DR..
Thomas Darlington. Health Commissioner, and DR..
Rowland G. Freeman and DR.. Joseph Il. Raymond
Joined in the invitations sent out all the state
70 PHYSICIANS and milk experts The members OF
The conference were: Drs s. T. Armstrong, Z. 4.
Barley. Walter BenseI. Herman NJ Biggs. John
Winters Brannar. Nicholas Murray Butler. Henry
7. Clapin. H. L Colt, H ". Conn. z K Durharn,
John F. FitzGeTaId Simon Flexner. John S. Full
ton George ". Goler, Walter D. Greene Charles
Harrington, Z. Eliot Harris, L Emmett Holt,
Commissioner Robert Hebberd. Drs. A Jacobi.
Clarence 3. Lane. Ernst J. Lederle, Henry
Mitchell. William Perry Northrlp. Horst Oertel,
II. Z Park, r A Pearson and Leonard Pearson
Nathan Straus. Dr. G. H Swift Professor H.
:. TuI-e. Commissioner c. A Wieung. Dr. Linsy
h, Williams. Dr. Joseph E Winters and DR.. Alex
sz6s- Lambert
P Fulton Cutting. president OF the association.
called the conference TO order yesterday afternoon.
Re said the organization intended TO take up the
subject Of pure milk supply IN great earnestness.
George Y. Wlckershanl made chairman OF the
conference.
Ernst =. Lederle formerly Health Commissioner.
Ieal article advocating the use Of SKINNED milk
II --ls city saying that, while not fit for infants,
Il WIS OF great value as food and good especially
among the poor, because Of its cheapness. Dr.
Darlington feared that ills use could not De regu-
lated and that Il would ne given 70 babies.
The subject OF pasteUrizatIon vas the one which
excited most disagreement. Nathan Straus was TO
have spoken On IL but IL. so an article pre-
pared By him read by Dr. Green head Of his
system Of paste1rized uik Gepots. II was in part
a. follows.
~. Wat +. an anxious to accomplish at this meet
s Is TO get your cooperation IN securing Iegisla-
- --,-- s-.--- cea4 II d more practical way than
- @ a-te }st been aole 70 do with this question
Ees9-rees nov AZ the command Of the State Board
Invested with the required powers, are entirely
----@s-ate 70 the purpose OF stamping out tuber-
r5-5 5as5 rS BE e9a45y 4 plain in thar were these re
t-r own state they would have 70 be provided
s2a applied py the neighDoriug states which con-
tribute 50 largely 70 the milk supply OF this city.
a q. article Of Interstate commerce. kind of in
G. the Pure Food BIN 90 not provide
AYE . tried pasteuEizatign. tried il practically,
=. naTaoned Tor believing that pasteurizaton is the
Partly. AZ least, because Of my own efforts. I
-s.e seen state and municipal boards Of health
c--remeuts of pure mix supply. 7 nave even had
s-s s@lstaetoa OF seeing haaty scientific conclu-
--t'frr-@ bacillus II the human system proved in
a.-.rsre. Finally. have had the satisfaction Of
heef-s ne death rate among children of the city
- Sew York under five years Of age reduced from
% pTr l.J9 10 sS Per l'Jo q year.
~ June, -ss5. Dr. jacob, in ndorsing the use OF
!asleli-zec milk wrote me: There Is nothing so
i-Sl--e-tf as q success. and single practical
80 speaks louder raan any number of volumes"
ton where the death rate OF Tie children was SO
5-g- t.at + became & public scandal This was on
. 9eIa o. cows. which was kept on the island care
ce Let succeed in reducing the death below II
A that TINE was president Of the Health Board
tasf at sin fsase 70, 70 study the apPalliag conditions
IN ---e ONCE, encouraged BY the results ] had al