New-York tribune., 1907-03-23
DARLINGTON WORRIED.
WAS' NOT UNDERSTOOD.
Health Commissioner Explains
Vie1cs on PaSteurization.

About the most worried man in this city yester-
day was Health Commissioner Darlington. on ac-
count Of the misadventure at the milk hearing of
the Health Committee Of the Board OF Aldermen
on Thursday. The principal thing that worried him
was the statement given out by the New York
Milk Committee. which DR.. Darlington had rot au-
thortzed. This especially In relation to the
cost OF pasteuTiZaton and in order 20 correct any
misapprehension that may have arisen Dr. Oar
lington save out the following yesterday for what
1t might be worth:
whole milk supply OF the city of New York was
one presented to the Board of Health for consid-
necessary to determine the accuracy of the estl-
mates; as experts on the question hold widely d.
20 withhold this statement from publication until
save reliable data When gven 3o te Sv s oSTf TaT
Milk Committee II not Intended for publication.
DR.. Darlington said yesterday that the mIsappre-
hension regarding his position on the question Of
the milk supply Of this city due altogether 10
the fact that he had not into detail regarding
II. He said that he was actually in thorough ac-
cord with the policy pursued by Nathan Straus and
the New York Milk Committee DR.. Darlington
said further that he would be sure to insist upon
the pasteurization OF all milk that had not come
from inspected certified herds
All reports that he in line with the best
sentiment on the milk question. he said. were es-
sentially false He wanted pure milk He preferred
pure raw milk II he could not get enough r1onev
70 mak4 the right kind Of inspection he would most
decidedly be in favor Of general paseurizaton But
the doctor said that he going get the S2500OO
necessary for adequate inspection. and also that
he expected TO get additional appropriation for
the establishment Of a municipal pasteurization
plant. This would be a body blow for private mo-
nopoly Of which there considerable fear.
There was an exhibition last night OF the pas
teurization plant OF the Sheffield Farms-Slawson-
Decker Company in West 57th street. This COM
panys plant Is just about as perfect that sort
Of thing should be The company served refresh
ments during the inspection OF its plant
The whole process OF pasteurization shown
there. and the guests as interested as 10 IL
a theatrical display. To nearly every one
present tt was as novel as first night production
The plant combines everything practical in tie
production OF pure raw milk and pasteuTized milk
consistent with the acme OF cleanliness and prac-
ticability. The process OF pasteurizatiOn shown
was what is called the true. as distinguished from
the commercial The process as described is as
follows:
The milk IS received IN one one s,9Ty building building
made OF Vitrined n9p-pot4us oTicAc VIZ CoELiT Si
polished copper tube and passes 10 a closed vat.
the revolving. machine. in which II is pasteuTized
by exposure for thrty-two minutes 70 tePeTS TS
cooler which instantly reduces the temperature 70
~ MIX Se fo the bottlnF apparatus where a hood
htting closely over the mouth OF the 3oIte snieIs %
bottle Is capped and sealed and Is conveyed auto
whence II goes on its way TO the consumer. prac-
ticaIly sterile.
Nathan Straus gave out the following yesterday:
The superstition that pasteurized milk has some
sort of i'll effect upon infants IN some cases ana
origin In the Investigations of DR.. C. Flugge- But
this German authority was studying milk that had
been practically steriliZed, not pasteurized he
found remaining In the samples that he subjected
20 a temperature Of from l9t 10 2O3 degrees some
peptonizinC bacteria which he believed might pro-
duce dangerous toxins
This was in 1894. DR.. A. Weber. pursuing the in
vestgatious further. examining one hundred and
fifty samples found these toxin-forning bacteria in
only three cases. In 1896 Or. A Lubert made fur
ther Investigations which led him 70 believe that
the toxic properties OF these peptonizng bacteria
were destroyed by heating Thus the slender sci
entthc basis for the idea OF possible harm in pas
teurization exploded.
Experience confirms the conclusion that pasteur-
izatIon does not cause any harmful qualities to
appear In milk. 1t might be sufficient to cite the
we'll known experiments OF Drs. Park and Holt in
this city published in 1902 They selected fifty babies
from the tenement houses divided them into two
could obtain. and the other half on milk pasteur-
lied at l65 degrees for thirty minutes at the Straus
laboratory They thus describe the result
Within one week twenty OF the twenty seven
inf O the milk suffered from moderate
or severe darrhCea, while during the same time
only five OF moderate and none OF severe
dIarrhoaa occurred In those taking paSteurZed milk
Within "a month eight OF the twenty-seven had 70
of thcir continued illness; seven . per cent did
well all summer milk. On the other hand
of those receiving the p0Steurzed milk. 20 per cent
remained we'll or nearly so. all summer, while 25
nor cent had more attacks OF diar-
rhpa There were no deaths in either group OF
Similar results were obtained by Drs. Park and
Holt from "A second trial made In the same manner
the following summer.