Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-12-12

pdsteurization of all milk that cannot bs
certified as safe and free from disease
germs
How could such Il law be administered,
Mr.. strauss? Is ii feasible:
Yes, indeed. DIR. n. ID. Melvin, chief Of
the bureau of animal industry. has pre-
pared Il tentative scheme for the applica-
ton OF these principles by the classified
ton VI milk as follows:
"Class !. Certified milk. produced under
ideal conditions from herds proved free
from tuberculosis by the tuberculin test,
handled by persons free from infections.
put into sterslized bottles. delivered with
in twelve hours from the time of milking.
and not To contain more than 500 bacteria
to the cubic centimcter.
Glass ii. Inspected milk produced
from cows proved free from tuberculosis.
but under less perfect conditions than
class L., and not to contain more than lOO,-
eco bacteria to the cubic centimeter.
Glass III. Pasteurized Milk All milk
of unknown origin or which does not come
up to the requirements of Glasses 1 or ii,
TO be pasteurized by heating to $50 degrees
Fahrenheit for twenty minutes or 100 de-
Sress for ten minutes.
THAT the adoption and enforcement OF
such a plan of federal regulation, such as
the bureau of infant hygiene proposed by
the committee of one hundred, will mean
Il considerable reduction of the death rate
among infants, and the staying of the
rivagcs of the great white plague J.
earnestly affirm from experience and from
ample scientific authority"
Along what lines should progress b.
made. Nh. Strauss"
II should say that the outlook is hope
full because Il forward move along these
practical lines is actually under considera-
ton at Washington. and because certain
pertinent. milk facts are now part of the
common knowledge OF the world: These
are:
THAT raw milk is dangerous.
That pasteurization kills the disease
germs and make the milk safe without
inpairing the taste or digcstibility.
THAI milk produced under the most
ideal conditions is only relatively safe.
That .pasteurization.. properly done.
makes the milk absolutely safe.
''1f some truly wise man We're asked
what would be the best prescription for
the future well-beins and power of Ameri-
ca. ] believe he would answer:
Gu down the appalling infant death
rate and care for the health of the
children
And ii he We're asked how best to ac-
complish this, ] believe ne would say:
by ceasing to poison them with raw.
infected milk. and by ~pasteurizing the
milk supplies"
That Mr.. Strauss judgment carries
weight, few who know his great system
of milk depots may doubt. The infants
milk depots in New York City were the
result of personal experience that con-
WINGED Mr.. Nathan Strauss of the perils
of raw milk that have now come to be
generally recognized. y COW kept to sup
ply his family with pure milk fell ill and
MIR. Strauss was Mortified to discover that
his home had been supplied with milk
from IL tuberculous COW.
He was quick to see that if this uerif
could exist unsupported in a private dairy.
there was little chance of tho general sup
ply of Il city being free from tuberculous
infection. and an examination OF the sit
uation convinced him that the milk supply
was largely responsible for an enormous
number of cases of tuberculosis and for
the prevalence each summer of intestinal
troubles among infants. which resulted in
an excessive death rate among babies i'll
the hot months.
To alleviate these conditions the first
infants milk depot was opened in 1895. and
the work has expanded with the public
appreciation of the safety to be found in
pasteurization. In the past season Mrs
Strauss maintained seventeen dcpots and
! dispensed 2,917. 1886 bottles and 1,222.OM
glasses of p~asteurized milk. making the
total output since 1885,. Is. 71O. S92 bottles and
1O,OS9 ,6;4 glasses. all of which has been
sold at less than cost or given away ON
coupons distributed through charity work
ers.
With the development of this work the
infantile mortality in New York has drop
ped from &c per thousand per annum, prior
to 1899, to % per thousand in 1906, and the
summer mortality from 1861 per thousand
to 62.7 per thousand. That the establish
ment of a we'll equipped bureau of infant
hygiene, advocated by the committee OF
one hundred. would accomplish a great de.
crease in the national infant mortality,
seems probable. .