The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-29

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be a lamentable }mistake interfere in
any way with the present regime Of
the Board 81 Of h Health in8 regard %to
the pure food law. II has been my
experience during. the past summer
that there has been less diarrheal dis
ease amongst infants and children L
than at any time during my experience
IN Richmond as q physician attribute
this solely to the improved duality Of I
mill S5 5a ~ 81. 3.3
u, Meade Mann.s{M. i. - ne work OF I
Improving the milk supply OF 81 Rich
lnond Isl ertainlys a. step In Il the II ght |
|direction, and Will II As no Syet perl
]fected,Eit has been greatly Improved,
as; Il shown Il by the Ia diminished amount
OF bowel trouble among children this
summer III
#s8355W William S.. Gordon ,td,, NJ. D Tho
1 health of the people "a epends n great
measure, upon the purity OF mi X, and
/ the 4 Board of 4 Healt N should, withinsI
4 reaso enable 81 limits, 4 ma X es such enact-j|
4 me nts as, fW II u insure as good "a supply
Iortmill< as possible fort he. consumers
i in8thisS community. The regulations Of
1.-The Board of Heal til are no tft too strin-B
d gent and should be enforced II
Daniel J. Coleman, NJ. q D Since Dr.
A LEWIS Inauguration as Chief 0 ( the
A Health Department n have S5noti iced
a with $deligh tho fearless and systema-S
H tic efforts ii 9 has mad e. to Improve the
3|health32 Of tho city Espe cially8 praise
n worthy has been the manner In which
A he has q ealt wi tllaSt he probl em8sof5
A ourSm X supply, and our sci ty Is to be
Il congratulated OH having q n the rs
a son OF DR. Levy 4 an offi Ger possessing
N MI the capabilities necessary for@tllcs
4, work. Z 4Ss3
u $# 3. W. sRawles, NJ Z. - Since the ems
n forcelnent& Of the ordinance governing
n the handling and sale OF milk In the
N city OF Richlnond,S infant I'm or:clity# has
a been reduced 505per#o cent. IN my prac-
u tice II believe the ordinance shouldabe
y upheld, and all no deal in milk made
t to 1--we up to the same.
VI j. Allison II ges, NJ. 9TH 8regu-
the Health department re-
Il garding the milk suppl y If the city
\ Nothing is of 3such8vital interest4to the
! |;health8 Of the public at large Il as that
Z the purity Of this article Of diet Should
4 be d assured, and this Is ~ impossible
I without tho most }strin gent system Of
!. care and cleanliness constantly main
!, tanned, The first essential is purity,
q and impure milk at any price u the
o costnest thing tina tn 81 kno W. a poYo
I all other consider ations SAT eguard " he
b milk supply 35s ss3
81 st. George T. Grinnan, n. D.----shali
y business interests demand Dirt, dis
Q ease and death The public want clean
q milk and healthy "a hlldren,&s De- not
=, change theSlaw.ss5S ~
}, Alexande Ter q. Brown,35 ] r. M. ID ~
4 heartily indorse the work Of the Board
!. Of Healthain connection with the mill
q supply OF our city. and I am sure that
81 the lives Y OF u many infants VIII be
VIZ protected, to say nothing of the SIGH
y OF the community. by q proper s'u y z
i port OF the ordinances controlling the
}. milk supply Of this q 4}5
N bill Ennion q. Williams, M d., Preslden
10 Richmond Acad envy OF Medicine ans
N, surgery,,-Iti lis to be hoped most ear
s nestly that mo backward step wi i b
Isl taken 35 BY the Health Department II
e the excellent work t Is doing In I'm
+. proving the SAM tary duality Of tn
N milk supplied to on III pee pl
4 nj edmond is8nttracttng most favor i''t
n able attention An all parts q ~
II country W the work @ { THU DEPART
ment, espe ally by its milk N nspec
s3g| ton and re gulat lon Should NJ an!
I'll change BE made IT must be In the d.
vi rection Of higher stan dards. 353
IS Among allsbthe d octors approache
Is by q the subcommittee from theB Acnden.
~ Of Mod cine, only onei was found S5w b
q did not. y h earthly ind orses the W. rk Se
Il the SD apartment OF Health II and spea
II confidently Of the good which I! ha
been & accomplished |. T MS physlc
wrote as follows: "a 4
" 4. It 4 s my opinion 7 hat the condition
al are the Same as ,heretofore hay
thil;had us many cases oftsmilks infectio
In Sthis sum me III as n g \ Y. pre- tous ssum,n'
il y. Ssa BENZ. a. IIoRD M, = ~.
le Letter From Or. snntec.
i7 n addition to the fore going expre
3 y sions Of opinonff romEt he me dlcnl pr'
" fesson$ Of Richmond y he following sle
IA ter was receive retentl ySS from X =
5i8l sCHRl1MP,S IJMBR Ll,AS "A III % . n
IdS heat mad In edmond. 9e7 East Ma
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