New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-07
MILK REPORT READY.
Health Department to Present One
at Freeman Hearing To-day.

me greater part of the meeting of the Board OF
Wealth yesterday taken up in the hearing OF a
,nort on the effect of bovine tuberculosis on the
v5lk supply The board has been getting ready for
che Freeman hearing at the City Hall to-day. and
shere Will be a report submitted that will be more
ar less OF surprise 10 the advocates pasteuriza-
ZION as the only method Of securing a pure supply
~ the beverage for the general use OF the people
~ this city The relations OF bovine tuberculosis
with human tuberculosis will be gone into thor
oughly.
II was hinted at the Health Department yester-
day that the reports OF the effect OF the bovine
fuhercle on human beings had been greatly exag-
Eerated. And this exaggeration. 1t was said. had
Sor It's object compulsiOn Of the adoption OF pas
teuriZation the only means OF securing a safe
milk supply for the city. The report received yes
terdsy came from DR.. W. H. Park, the department
bacteriologist II contains comparative figures that
VIII he of great value TO the committee in deter
mining the stand it is to take the Freeman
ordinance. II is said that the health committee is
likely TO await further investigation by the Health
Department before committing itself in any way.
At the Board of Health meeting yesterday there
we're present DR.. Darlington. DR.. Alvah II. DOty
and Deputy Commissioner Arthur ]. OKeeffe. rep
rssenting Commissioner Bingham of the Police De
partment. Mr. O'Keeffe there to hear all about
the work being done TO secure pure milk supply.
and he viii report TO Commissioner Bingham.
Whatever reports received by the Board OF
Health will be placed before the advisory board OF
~ when the matter is ready for some definite de-
cision 1t was said the department Office that DR.
Darlington would in few weeks have all Of his
data ready for a statement regarding his position
He viii fully answer those VINO have insisted that
he is opposed 10 pasteurization and will clearly de-
fine 10 what extent he either faVors this method
opposes it.
Alderman Jacobson who IS chairman of the
health committee has been in communication with
Dr. Darlington right along. He is much interested
in the milk question and has been informing HIM
self in every way possible
There was considerable amusement at the Health
Department offices yesterday over a report that
The bovine tubercle bacillus was more dangerous
10 human life than the human tubercle bacillus.
II said that this had been developed by
British royal commission on tuberculosis de-
partmeut official said that recent Investigation
had shown that cow infected with tuberculosis
OF the lungs could not infect its milk supply. The
COW would have 10 be infected in the udder in
order to infect the milk. This was said not 10 be a
matter Of speculation. but Of fact This removed
much OF the danger from tuberculosis that has
been so much Wanted threatening the health
q me consumers Efficient inspection is what the
department viii insist upon The only way 10
oPEiate the dangers from Infected milk
that the kind Of reorganization advocated b Aaer
ts,,,7si s.o.ao 10Y accomplish the object Of
t iNaIoh as Understood by those who in
Favor OF that method. Mr. Freeman said that he
temperature Of l65 degrees for twenty secohds It
IS sale 10y every authority that this would not
IN order 10 do that effectively the milk must he
heated that temperature for fully twenty minutes
That j. the Straus method. and is the practical
way The short period Of heating is the so-called
commercial method. and kills all germs but the
1ubercle bacillus IL was learned yesterday that
tees meeting to-day.
owing 10 the many conflicting reports regarding
the work done abroad the milk question il Is
more than likely that the Board of Health viii
SEND bacteriologist TO Europe with credentials
lnat VIII assure him full opportunity for the most
eonlreAensive investigation II will then not be
necessary for the department to accent at second
hand reports Of the foreign findings