New-York tribune., 1907-05-23
REPORT ON CITY'S MILK
NEED MORE INSPECTORS.
Pasteurizati0n and Sterilization Rec
Ommended by Commission.

The Milk Commission. appoir ted by Mayor
Mcclellan last winter, reported yesterday TO the
Mayor, recommending, among other things. the
employment of one hundred additional inspect
for the country districts and twenty-five for
the city, the men 10 be well paid. and those in
the country TO be preferably graduates of agri-
cultural colleges.
Pasteurzation and sterilization are recon-
mended. conformably with the city's present
ability TO do the work, but the recommendation
is probably not strong enough to meet fully the
views of Nathan Straus. who urges great thor
oughness along this line. The sale Of SKINNED
milk under certain restrictions is strongly rec
commended.
The commission consisted of L. Emmett Holt
Abraham Jacob, Joseph D. Bryant, T. Mitchell
Pruddsn and Rowland G.. Freeman. all physi
clans.
The commission at the outset in its report
gratefully acknowledges the cooperation Of the
various agencies and associations which have
made its work lighter The report says that
the city's milk supply is drawn from between
thirty thousand and forty thousand farms in six
states. and is carried in some instances four
hundred miles After telling of the inspection
and educational work that has been done the re-
port says:
"A few farmers ship milk directly TO New York,
but most Of them deliver II to creameres AT these
creameries the cleanliness and temperature of the
n nlh are noted e by The LInspeet6r temperature
arrival al the creamery. The condition ana opera
surveillance than is possible at the farms. A
. muslin notice containing the regulations and rec
the wall of each creamery. Reports on cards pro
City Office OF the Board Of Health. as is required
the farms: The GO creameries now supplying milk
to Few York have for the most part been put in
good sanitary condition.
refrigerator cars, proper icing being required A
milk temperature of not more than 80 degrees
York snd also at ali times Thereafter until the
mig reaches the consumer Ihe supervision OF the the
Of the New York Department Of Health
stores in which milk is sold by persons who have
complied with important printed sanitary require
ments relating TO its quality and care These re-
QUirements regulations issued by the Health
% sosF sdod M E sGPp9 GP E m IS Of h
importance to educate the farmers regarding The
and afterward TO see that the rules relating there
illuminating agents which render milk dangerous
are introduced at the farms, the production OF good
milk demands that the farmers be educated SO as
70 secure this result and also that proper surVelI
TO have eficient inspection of the milk business
at least hundred inspectors for the country dis
10 the fifteen now available. should be employed
From this number, fifteen should be chosen as su-
peryisoTs. to act in such capacity as the Health
Department may decide Greater compensation
should be given TO this latter class account Of
the higher rank Of the work and greater response
~ S he " cnrs lit f elS5 PosU fIa ei h e
10 point out TO the producers of milk the conditions
ond to determine that these conditions are secured
before the milk is permitted to be sold in this city
These inspectors should possess such kind of educe
tlon ana experience as VII quality them 10 work
by experience. a2d in their selection preference
9 sn9pa sao Se seP & 10 men ad @ & at g29d geo. ag
OF good judgment and discretion. certain pro-
tain proportion physicians. so that both the dis
eases Of the cattle and those of persons concerned
effectively recognized and isolated
In the opinion Of the commission not less than
iNsHly-lNS inspectors, IN a0dltlOn to TIE fifteen
ne new D;iE eiEPoysd 4 & should 6e provided for nsgeetlo3
bacteriologists and five additional chemists with
3udge pronptiy and thorogghy as to the char
c eSr Gf G k are are FeqqTed re- ca NO doubt an
ssfectiTey yios VIII De 'seo.a 10 carry on the "ofk
for f rs ssoHlG De a6ssa 3 SifR tBs f1d s s9s 81
farm or creamery from which the milk
shipped, and the date Of sUcn shipment so that IL
may be possible 70 trace TO its source milk car
The sale of milk direct from cans should be per
naltted Only when proper sanitary conditions exist
should be covered and kept in a covered re-
OF ice for cooling purposes. Score cards are like
wise recommended for the rating Of milk stores.
required at the dairies to ensure pure and whole
Consume We Relieve that the sale Of oss skmmed f9 ned
or separated milk the sale OF which Is not now
sch ssfeguaTds as an increased s; official scrutiny
ble- Skinned milk has high nutritive value and
should he cheaper than full milk: consequently its
use may. in measure Offset the increased cost
It has been demonstrated that the high infant
nortality in summer can be materially reduced
modified and pasteurized for feeding babies In
this respect the Straus milk depots have been OF
very great value. and such agencies should be per
petuated and flight wisely be increased.
Notwithstanding after all safeguards that NAV
be imposed by education and otherwise there will
be cases IN which unsafe milk wifi be produced or
offered for sale and all such milk must be judged
its merits The commission therefore recon-
rnends that the Board of Health should, according
circumstances. require efficient sterilization or
paseurization of all milk which It finds unsafe for
consumption as raw MIX on account of susp-
in the unsanitary conditions at he
dairy. & persistent high bacterial content But
I'm every instance milk so heated should be rapidly
cooled 10 n least 40 degrees Fahrenheit and he
put after sterilization paEteurizaton into ster-
'lized containers under aseptic precautions.