The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22
rHr TIMES spArcH R1CHMoND VA SUNDAY APRIL p 1905
ty Of milk are therefore Of Immensely
gran tar lvaliia than thnsn witch aim mare.

:. - : = 49, :
~ 4, ,n,I,, eta therefor NJ ln,n,en seip
rrenter vai,,e fhnt1Ithnso eyh]ch ain, mare.
IL al ,,r,,lshjnr viii ,rhich il a. -
the st,rd, ~ fsn,,, i t,i,triti,.a .in ndrtint
In ordrr "a .ec,,ra n,,ii, yu,fiil,,r thn a H.
~ "a, raat,l ~ ,,,arts. itrisn ~ MN III
IL ia na,v rnt,,,,3o,iv raiied.-,nsnert1nr
ana control 81 M cnndltions under
tvi,irr IL ia ,,,nf1,,cai ara essential, "a h
\ iSduoat,on ma ~ II INA managers Of
tho farms and dairies a another
essential: for few farmers have
the fninteet conception OF their
responsfbllitv N lhla matter, and
most ~ them regard mo noints above
mentioned az little more thar, a fashion
able fad Of tho day.
Regarding what may be accomplished
BY. ordinances dealing with this question.
certa'n cities nave redtilreinents as as 20
tne temperature a. when .',''n n's. ~, ~
" L.ss, ahu sont .tW "a tne.' tr,,e
q, s...lonIa 81 Dae.elhl eDn.n. ~
,,.,,,. ~, .S,,..t. 4. IS, liz. "a
49, e. nerea.a "a, "a ,o,,,nero.
&C., - ~ hsis a,,o,. n ,agrass tfnhr,
- ,,,i,,, a,,,,.n 4, $50 soo ~, I,nrter,n
- thn c,,h,c 5ro,ti,,,ct.r n hoi,t IA drops).
At,,r ,rn1,,ead ,,,,dsr rood conditions
sho,,,a e. il "a ,rort ~ nnvthtnr Ike this
~ lac ~ Ia !
: r, .,,I., a, .,,v., ie,,.a I. n, ,+erIn
II n,1,t ~ - ,,,,st n distinctiv Recognized
tho 10 o,,esfo, ~ the kind Of bac-
tn.ia ,,r,sn.t /. - ~ rraatar i,nnor
arno IN, the,r mero rii,nber, In tho
present stage or our knowledge, how
- e,. $50 40 NV A. r,ethnd Of 1eteotlng
4, n,i1,t Tho vnrietles 81 bacteria
10 ,ro.onca ~ which we helievc to be
tho chior menace namely: typhoid ba-
rll, nnd The germs OF Intestinal dis
- 80, 'r,,,,a>.,,e h.c,,,, ran he satisfnc-
,ar,,,, dan,onstroted on,v nv the means
~ taain,,a animal exnerin1ents. Direct
.,,,sosaaoan,, a,ono,nntion for the detec-
stIn,, =. ~. cella and one form OF pus-
,na,,,.i.r h,,tor,, fatrentococcus) is n
al, ,,n,' heing Investigated with n fair
..sl,.,ias, ,ond reaulta 9sa
17.1,,,b,a S,fao,,ard
VdludOAe ool1SS6 20.
Routine determinntions%o OF inc pao $3.50 .i'
content OF milk is, therefore, an ~
ceedlngly valuable safeguard to It's SAM
tary quality, but only # the results ~.
tanned are used as basis or 1ol'o"l ~
UP the cHses by an 'nvestisnt'on o. t,'s
causes which have given rise 70 t'a
high counts and then seeing TO llc''
correction.
II was for the purpose OF ascer tt''l,ns
something of the general SANITARY quu,tS
of the milk sold IN Richmond during tle
months when intestinal disorders among
Infants arc especially prevalent that the
preliminary investigation here reporten
was undertaken The writer was en-
ployed to do this by Mr.. John +. forhhcil'
of this city. tG .s #tH
In making this preliminary test 81 tile
milk OF Richmond from bacterloiosl ..H!
standpoint, a number OF samples '''J
were first collected from various Piiees
where milk Is sold at re1a II, = eit tn' ~
the glass for immediate cons ~ =,
Restaurants, soda fountains etc'I, - ~
small GUAM titles for home use ~ "A Ss
of course, expected that this series OF
samples would snow the preseliee ~ "a,
more bacteria than the samples co',ec.uu
directly from the mix wagons any a."
ries, on account OF the longer t''I'e - n ''#
been kept.
With determinations MADE ny coul't.ns
the colonies which developed aooii itlI.oso
agar plates kept Mt BODY te'nPe A,a.l,,,
the best milk IN tn's series ,.eHc'". .ani
one sample taken from private RESI-
dence) contained D,ooo bacteria per cnole
centlnetcr, while the worst contaln nee
81, 100000. with an average or a'""'"'.
With plates, which were Hno"eo ~
develop at room temperature. the counts uan
were much higher, the lowest BENG ~,
OoO and the highest 100000. me n1e'hod
of incubating plates at BODY tempera-
ture is that adopted in Boston, "here a
meteorological standard OF not over o",
900 is in force. Applying this standard
to our series Of tests only 40 per cent o.
this milk would have been allowed 10
be offered for sale. The contrast be-
tween the samples which. according 70
the dealers statement had been received
the same day and those which had been
on hand from the day before is marked
In almost every instance, though some Of
the results lead to the conclusion that
milk received tho previous day was
passed off as having been recently re-
ceIved, course most natural where