Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-01
Prevent Rise of Temperature.

Prevent Rise Of Temperature.
From May to December 1. however, 1t
becomes imperative to artifcially prevent
the rise Of temperature in milk and there
by cause the dreaded multiplying of a
small number Of bacteria into hundred
thousands or millions. The remedy is a
very simple one and consists in providing
for cold storage rooms, vaults or devices
on the farm and at the railroad station
and for refrigerator cars on the milk trains.
The law shold be framed to compel an
immediate seizure and denatHrating with
some odorous substance or coloring matter
Of cream or milk in transit or otherwise
and found by inspectors to contain pre-
servatives for preventing sourtng or spoil
ing; and II found above the standard tenn
perature, but otherwise pure, 1t should
be pasteurized and sold as milk or cream
Of the third class.
Milk graded as certified should all be
shipped in sanitary bottles Of glass or other
satisfactory material, and never In bulk,
which would require its being filled into
bottles after arrival in the District OF
Columbia, but any milk. even If certified,
If intended to be pasteurized after ar
rival may be permitted to be shipped in
cans or bulk.
Bottles containing certified milk should
all bear mark giving the name and loca-
ton of the farm where 1t was produced.
1T Is Furthermore Of great importance
that milk graded as certified should, when
bottled, be sealed in such manner that
1t cannot readily be tempered with by I'M
faithful drivers without such tampering be
easily detachable. Dairy supply firms carry
in stock certain safety seals for that pur-
pose, and 1t Is recommended that under
the direction and control Of the health
officer there be introduced a system Of
color changing and date markings OF paper
strips pasted across the milk caps which
will make the removing Of these seals and
the substituting of others a more or less
difficult task.
Moreover, bottles containing certified
milk should be distributed only from de-
livery wagons provided with a dry re-
frigerator, thereby avoiding the packing
of these bottles in crushed Ice. This would
result In the very desirable concentration
of the certified milk trade into the hands
of a comparatively few responsible firms,
who should have record for high per-
a pride in such distinction as a proper
means for advertising their business"
s.. An interesting and important part Of the
report is a contribution from DR.. George
NJ. Kober upon milk sediments or dirty
milk In relation to disease.
Impure Milk and 'Infantile Mortality.
DR.. Kober gives the following facts in
order to present strong presumptive EVIL
dence on the relation of impure milk to in
fantile mortality:
"Of the twelve months during the first
and twelfth months furnish the highest
mortality. The deaths during the first four
months are largely due to imperfect de-
velopment and exposure, while the jump
from the fourth to the twelfth month 10
quite suggestive, as it Is the usual pc
Rod of weaving, with its attending dangers
from digestive diseases incident to artifi-
cial feeding.
Nearly one-half Of all the deaths in
children under one year Of age are caused
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diarrhoea, and points with more than mere
suspicion to the fact that the morbifc agent
is introduced into the body with the foot.
THE most frightful mortality rates are
everywhere furnished by the hand or bottle
fed children. indicating that impure cows
milk. improper care and feeding are the
chief primary causes"
In Relation to Diseases.
Regarding milk in relation to infectious
diseases DIR. Kober reports: milk may
acquire infective properties after it leaves
the udder Of the animal. Numerous in
stances have been observed in which out
breaks Of typhoid fever, scarlet fever and
diphtheria, by their sudden and explosive
character, affecting families living in
streets and localities supplied by the same
milkman. naturally pointed to the milk
supply as a common cause. DR.. Michael
TAYLOR, however, was the first physician
dn 1850, to point out definitely that cows
milk might serve as the meQlum OF spread
ing typhoid fever from a dairy where the
disease prevailed. In 1867 he also showed
that scarlet fever might be distributed in
the same way.
'It is quite conceivable how animals In
wading in filth and sewage-polluted water
NAV infect the udder with the germs of
typhoid fever and through it the milk. We
can also appreciate how infected water
may convey the germs by washing the
utensils or by deliberate authorizations. In
lection may also take place through the
agency of scrubbing brushes, dishcloths, ex-
posture to infected air and the agency of
flies
Affect Quality Of Supply.
Possibly one of the most interesting and
important subjects treated In the report by
DR.. Mohler of the bureau Of animal indus
try is the various diseases and condi-
tons of cattle that may affect the quality
of the milk supply. DIR. Mohler says that
not only is milk very suitable medium
for almost every description of germ life
which may gain access to 1t in Its journey
from the cow to the consumer, but 1t may
also become contaminated while still in the