Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-13
DEADLY GERMS
NLURK IN THE
MILK JUG
NEGLECT OF SIMPLE
PRECAUTIONS FATAL
Nathan StrauS Sounds Warn
ing Against Criminal Folly of
Feeding UnSteriIized Product
to Young Children,


prussois con+ 10 49, ,,..
session of tbe eeoa,,d annnaI MY tntorna9 Ibe,ras
tional Congress das C.onttos da ! ait
an intarasting nor, on tha soI,,t;a,' nf
fhe millf nrohIan1 IN tbe ITpitad Stntes
was read bv Nh Nathon Stro,,s 10
New yor, Mr. Stra,,s said.
A. tba last cnngtas Tntarratio,,o1
dee conttae 10 Lar yas 'i''iiP,'s,, snIitar,,
voice from America doclaripg tbat
child life sbonld he nrotentaS frn,,,
infacted mill, hv nasta,,rIzatinn
Todav coma ,yitb tha sanao ,,,os-
sage endorsed Nv the ,nost distinc,ish-
ed sciantiste ~ mo conntr,, and for-
malIv and officiail,, nron,,,loatad h,
tha govarnn,anf of ~ Irnited ctatos
of Anoariro
Two vears 900 ar tho oo,arass 81
poris ars,,od ana ,,Iandod fnr oi
icv tbat wonid save Iiyee hv 40 Nm
dred tbousand. fodav + hotc tha hnnnr
and satisfaatio,, ~ r1,,ort 80, o,,b
Stantioi nroorass ton,ard ~ aooa,'t
anca hv INV conntry of tbe n,iil, NO
GRAN, tben outlined
For Fifteen wears have soundad in
Arnarioo tha ,,,a,,i,s, ttot ra,, lii
kilis Tn On articla cnntrihntod 70
trho I,or,,,,o 80 No,.a,,ha,, iooA
mad 10 fnlloU,insr a,,,nhatin 5acIa 70
ton.
"tIero Iat mo GOV tbot tho nanolt,,
of disease ond daatL noid for tba neoy.
Loot 80 sir,ria ,,roca,,tions In tha ne
~ min is hv ~ n,aane mia evcIu-
sivaiv h,, ~ noor Mil is not at-
vlovs oood II nronortion to tba nrica
nojd for n nor free from tho gern,e
~ co,tagion heca,,se II bas oo,,,a sro,,,
cattle ~ oristocrafic lineage The lot-
tor O,oiitv as raneot avTa,,onno 10
shown corries yitb a. q snacjoI s,'s-
cantihilitv 70 tubarcuIosis In Mill,
1p Sntendad for irfant nutrjr,ent norFenf [
sterii,1otion is an aheoIutaly aseentiai
nrncantion' bnt s,n,nie Nc tbo nrooaee
i II is not aIuavs certain even IN he
hores of tba rich that ~ viii he tron.
erlv dona hoid tbat in the near
| futnre n win he re,,arded .s n niece
| ~ 'c,.IA,tnaI naesIacf 4, lfeed vn,tt,e sb,fs
dren on mill which has nof been step
| Iized .
rbasa otaterapts uhosa iustioe
will he recooni1ed hv Won felIow
members of 1hie congress were re-
| caived with incred,,Iitv in tbe ITnited
! States T was called an alarmist The
danger to Witch 7 nointad wera min
| in,i9ed hv madicai n,an ~ etonding
For Vears predecessor Caorga M 70
ber ~ C,eoroefown universitv stood
almost aIone In deciaring and nroving
tba dissaninotior of scarlet fever tv7
nboid and dinbtheria bv means Of IN
| feeted milk M longer ago than Nav
NJ tbis year medical commission
characteTized the danger of tubercu-
lar infection tbrough mix az 'sIiebt :"
but tbis was Tho diving pasn Of the
onnosition 10 the INSTRUMENTATION of the
mill sunnlv which has crumbled
awav as IGNORANCE has given nIace 10
Iknowledee'
while 7 narsieted in warning against
the usa of raw milk 7 nrovided mas
tenri1ed mill for The hahies of New
York Citv This was regarded as an
amiahle henevoIenee The virtue of
the entarnrise in the ewes of most
neonIe was that n nrovided food for
| the moor at less than cost. or for
nothinp
craduallv bowaver no tho infantiIe
daath rate NJ New York civ went
steadily down from az . ner / 600 In
1000 fo 55 nor OOO i'm tQOg coinci-
dent uith itbe increased usa ~ mas
tenrized milk the significance of nv
work became annarent and the con-
viction snread that the virtue of the
straus milk was not Ats low cost. but
cast huf the fact that the milk was
the fact that the milk was nasteur-
ized
While This demonstration was going
on in New York CIty epIdemics of in
fectious diseases IN various parts of
the country especially i'm Boston and
Chicago were directly and indisput-
abIy traced TO the use of raw infect
ed milk emnhasIzinp the urgent need
for action. Scientific men. STUDYING
tba mix nroblem. were forced To de-
eide thai nublIc safety demanded pas-
teurizatIon. and in notable statement
Of the nroblem as affecting New York
CITY. Dr. Ernst ]. Lederle. former
commissioners of health declared that
nastemrizetion shouId he Insisted upon
in All cases in which there was no
nroof that the dairy herds were free
from tuberculosis.
InvestigatIons bv government ex-
merits made clear the fact that the
nerII Of tuberculosis i'm milk was far
greater and far more frequent than
had been generally understood. The
studies of Professor M. j. Rosenau.
~ Inc nnbIIe health service. proved
that the advantages Of pasteurizatlon
FAR outwelehed the disadvantages. II
there are any.
Finally, early this summer, the