Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-22
THEY AGREE TO RENDER AID
OFFER BY OFFICIALS OF FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
Use Of Psychological Laboratories.
Names OF Those Who Were Present
at Conference Today.

Until the Districts health department Is
provided with a meteorological laboratory,
the absence of which. il is claimed. has
made it impossible for the health depart
ment to properly cope with the typhoid
fever situation and the scientific eXamina-
ton Of the milk and water supply the fed
eral government departments, which have
such laboratories. will give every aid pos
sible. The chiefs of the departments in
question and several of their assistants
met in the board room of the District
building today and conferred with Com
missioner Macfarland and DR.. William c.
Woodward. health officer of the District.
regarding the best and most effective means
OF aiding the District with particular ref
erence to the milk supply of the District
and the water supply at the various dairy
farms. 1t was agreed that the results of
Investigations made by each of the depart
mentS in the future upon the milk supply
be furnished the Commissioners for special
invest cation by the health officer.
Those who attended the conference were
DR.. Alonzo d. Melvin. chief of the bureau
of animal industry, Department of Agricul-
ture; Assistant Surgeon General Kerr, Dr.
NJ. j. Roseneau, public health and marine
hospital service; f. II. Webster. chief of
dairy products division. bureau of animal
industry. and DR.. B. 7. Galloway. chief of
the bureau Of plant industry. Department
of Agriculture. DR.. Harvey w. Wiley
chief of bureau of chemistry of the De-
partment of Agriculture, forwarded letter
which announced that he was unable to at
tend the conference on account of having
to leave the city for New York. Surgeon
General Wyman was also unable to at
tend.
Explanation by Mr.. Macfarland.
When Commissioner Mcfarland, who pre-
sided called the conference to order. he
announced the objects of the meeting,
and the fact that it had been called upon
the suggestion of the special commission
appointed several months ago by the Com
missoners to consider plans for the better
ment of the local milk supply. Mr.. Mac
farland read the recommendation of the
milk commission which embodied the desire,
as follows:
Your committee recommends that the re-
suits of the recent Investigations into the
milk supply conducted by the bureau OF
public health and marine hospital service
the bureau of animal industry, and the bu-
reau of chemistry Of the Agriculture De-
partment, with view of suppementIng the
work of the health department, which on
account of its limited force ard laboratory
facilities could not possibly conduct such an
exhaustive investigation, he placed at the
disposal of the Commissioners of the Dis
trict.
I'm conclusion your committee recon-
mends that until the health department
shall be in control OF a meteorological labo-
ratory and a sufficient number of inspect
ors the health officer request the continu-
ance of the cooperation of@the bureau of
public health and marine hospital service
and the Department of Agriculture for inn
proving the local milk supply.
Mr. mcfarland said that he hoped that
he appreciated all that had been done by
the public health and marine hospital serv-
ice and the Agriculture Department in CO.
operation with the District government in
it's efforts to improve the local milk supply,
and that he trusted that this cooperation
would continue and that the health depart
ment might be given the information and
assistance indicated in the request of the
milk commission
The officials representing the public health
and marine hospital service and the De-
partment of Agriculture stated that such
would be done.