Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-20

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fourteen hours after milking is vio-
lated daily. Nearly half of the sup
ply OF London is not delivered for
twenty hours after milking. 1t is Off
cially admitted that 1.-The Diaries,
and Milkshops Regulations"
are dead letter in majority of the
parishes and districts of London as
well as on the farms where the milk
comes from. Public agitation for laws
and officials to deal effectively with
the whole trade occur regularly, but
with very little result.
No cowsheds are allowed in the
city of London, although in the county
CT London thereare 259 places where
cows are maintained and MIXED.
These are regularly inspected, and the
inspectors are authorized to take
whatever steps are necessary to main
tain sanitary conditions.
The retail price of milk in London |
is cents quart and cream is rs |
cents to 81 quart. The farmer gets
about one-half this price. The remain
der goes TO the railway which hauls |
it to London the wholesale and re
tail dealers.
Mich COWS are more valuable in
england than in the United States, be-
ing worth from 800 to $3.50 each, the
average being $1l2.5O at present.
The regulations governing dairies
are very elaborate. They provide for
the construction of the buildings, for
the height of the roofs and the depths
OF the cutters, for the thickness of
the walls, the amount of light and
ventilation, and for the most minute
details. For example, there must be
passage three feet three inches wide
between the wall and the manger in
which a COW is kept; the feeding
trough must be at least two feet long
and the stall five feet nine inches in
length and four feet wide for single
COW. other details are set out In tho
regulations in a most minute manner.
They require that the walls of every
| COW stable shall be whitewashed every
three months and that there shall be
running water upon the premises. The
milkmen and milkmaids must wear
! clean linen caps and smocks; before
| milking the udder and teats of the
COW must be wiped thoroughly clean
with damp cloth which shall be
| boiled daily, aud the milkmaid must
wash her hands before touching the
| teats; the tails and hindquarters Of
cows must be clipped in the autumn
| Immediately after milking the milk
must be passed through a metal sieve
covered with clean fine cloth and
then through or over refrigerator
and reduced to the lowest obtainable
temperature; the milk must be dis
patched from the farm in just suffi-
| cient time to reach the train and in
hot weather the cans must be protect
| ed by awnings. Where practicable the
milk must be conveyed in special
freight cars by fast trains and must
never be placed in the same cars with
fish or other Objectionable articles.
| This law, however, as | have said is
a dead letter. No attempt is made to
enforce it except in few places where
the sanitary inspectors take a thor
ough interest in their duties and ex-
crcise unusual vigilance.
London has all sorts of societies for
the protection of the health and the
general welfare of the community and
the pursue their purposes with more
or less energy. Several OF them are
devoted to the reform of the milk
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every other subject. Not long ago the
Infants Health society started an agi-
tation to that end and commission
| was appointed to recommend reforms;
but its members split on the subject
Of sterilization. One party argued
that sterilization not only DESTROYED
the nutritive value of milk but pre-
vented the inspectors from ascertain
ing whether 1t was pure or otherwise
They advocated strict laws to prevent
sterilization and the use of all pre-.
servatives and to require milk to be
| served just as it came from the can.
The other faction advocated the en-
forcement of the sterilization regula-
tions. When the reports were rre-
sentd to Mr. Burns, president of the
local government board, he was a good
deal puzzled as to what steps to take
and naturally has avoided doing any
| thing.
The board of health in Battersea
parish of LcnGon one of the most
densely populated districts. where the
inhabitants are chiefly well to do me-
chanics and other wage earners, fur.
nlshed pasteurized milk TO mothers
who cannot nourish their babies and
Keep close watch of the results. IL Is
furnished daily with lists of births
throughout the parish and women in.
spectors call at the homes and tene-
ments Immediately to give advice and
report upon conditions. They report
tLat, as rule, their visits are warm
ly welcomed and their advice is thank
fully received. 1t is not their duty
10 encourage mothers to neglect the
natural supply of nourishment for in.
iants, and they do not recommend the
use OF pasteurized milk unless there
is strong ground for believing that n |
mother is Incapable of furnishing sufti-