The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-11
DUNCAN SUBMITS
 LENGTHY REPORT
Meat and Milk Inspector Re-
 comments Improvements
WANTS PERFECT DIARIES
Asks Public to Cooperate With De- partment In Securing Better Milk. Diseases That May Be Con-
 tracted From Animal Food.

Mayor Ward received the first annual report of MIX and Meat Inspector E. M. Duncan yesterday. The document is an exhaustive one and goes into details con corning the work of the department over which the official presides.
 Mir Duncan refers to the difficulties en- countered by his department with refer ence to the fish markets as far as curtail- ing the odor of fish which arises is con- cerned.
 In the report the official points out the diseases that may be contracted from animal diet and names tuberculosis, swine plague. hog cholera, beef measles. swine measles, southern and splenie levers.
 The home-slaughtered animals inspected during the past year we're 17,270 divided as follows: Cattle S906; hogs, 10,319; sheep, 14oS; calves. 21O2; goats, APO. The total number of western animals inspected during the year was 2O,593, mak- ing a total of both home-slaughtered and western animals inspected, S7.S63.
 sixty-two animals were inspected and rejected during the year, and S1,OO6 pounds of meat condemned and tanked.
 Sixteen thousand, four hundred and ff- ty pounds of fish and seventy-four buck cts of oysters were condemned during the year.
 | The amount collected for meat inspec- tion fees for the year was $3929. S5, the amount collected for dairy license was l $427, the amount collected on milk depots was $156, and the fines imposed during | the year were $110. The total income of ! the department was $4622. 8 and the ex- penses during the year were $4661. .9S mak- ing a net income to the city from the department during the year $96o 42. MT. Duncan recommends that as the department was not established to make money, that the profits be expended for apparatus and supplies in order to better equip the department for more thorough l inspection of meats and milks. The inspector states that he is under obligations for the help and assistance given his department by City Health Off, fcer pr. R. B. Hardness.
 1 The following Is part of the report rela- tive to the inspection department; Dairy Question. The hundred or more dairies that sup ply this city with milk have been visited and inspected as often as possible by 1 the milk inspector during the year. While not all of the dairies have been kept in as good sanitary condition as they should ] be, yet a number of the better class of dairies have been kept in very good sani- tary condition throughout the year I As a whole there has been a general 1 inn in "a nj of the dairies during the year Quite a number of new dairy barns have been built during the year
 There is much improvement that needs to be made in the way of having proper l ly constructed milk houses built at the dairy farms in which to properly handle the milk. Heretofore we have been una ble to get the most essential improvement made as the milk ordinance has not been specific on this point
 During the year 1906 each milk dealer that expects to do business in the city willN be required to get permit from the milk inspector showing that such dealers premises, the location and sani- 1 tary conditions of same meets the require ments of the law regulating dairies that supply this city with milk This permit l system will be fine thing, as it will give us a recourse on the location and sanitary condition of all the dairies.
 1 I would respectfully recommend that no dairyman be given a license to do busi- ness in the city unless such dairyman be recommended by the milk inspector for this is about the only way we can proper l y regulate the sanitary conditions of the dairies.
 Inspection of Milk. 1 Samples of milk have been collected i from the different dairymen doing busi- 1 ness in the city throughout the year These samples were all thoroughly tested to ascertain the percentages and relative l proportion of the normal constituents, and for chemical adulterations. All of the samples of milk collected and tested dur 1 ing the year have been up to the standard required as to the percentages of the normal constituents, in fact, the general average has been above the standard re- 1 quired. Only very small percentage 1 of the samples tested during the year registered to the minimum limit of the law, per cent in butter fat | The samples of milk for analysis were always collected from the dairymen while l they were on their route serving the GUS toners, so it is very certain that the milk