The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-07
RICHMOND MAY HAVE NO
DAIRY INSPECTION LAW
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Bation should be provided TO pay
skilled inspector to do the work well.
The inspection should extend not only
to the condition Of the herd but TO
the surroundings which, with reason
able knowledge and care, can be made
satisfactory. These precautions OBJ
served, constitute the remedy for
much unclean milk, typhoid or scarlet
fever, dyphtheria or other contagious
or infectious disease, If it is present
on a dairy farm, it should be the duty
of the physician, if one is in atten-
dance, or If not, the householder. 70
at once inform the health depart
ment, when the dairy1nan can be sep
arated from the disease or if quaran-
tined, skilled substitute be placed
in charge of the dairy and milk route,
thus preserving the industry in tact
until the quarantine is lifted. This
is the remedy in case OF contaglon IN
the family of the dairyman. [ will
here admit that much complaint is
due to the lack of care in the manage
ment Of milk after it reaches the con
sumner. / have not time to detail the
results of much observation along this
line. / will only refer to the reprehen-
sible practice of connecting the ice
box with the sewer, thus opening wide
the gate for contamination. The rem
edy for this lapse on the part of the
consumer is for the society 10 con-
tinue it's crusade until all our citizens
are awake to the dangers of the ice
box. Now, a word on the subject OF
milk infected with tubercle bacilla. In
the affairs of city government We dis
play wisdom in many ways. Take as
an example the subject of fire: We
have two departments, the legal and
operative. The fire department rep
resents the latter In case of fire it
proceeds with its apparatus and with
sufficient water and pressure the fire
is eXtinguished, but the legal phase,
viz: an ordinance regulating the con-
struction of chimneys and wiring for
electric lighting results in the precen-
tion of hundred fires where only one
is required to be extinguished. Now,
II We proceed in the eradication of tu-
berculosis in dairy herds we should
adopt the same plan of two depart
ments: the legal and the executive.
BY the executive branch ] refer to the
health department whose duties to-
ward unclean milk have been alluded
to. While the other factor, viz: the
prevention of tubercle bacilla in milk
is still in the future. The plan is
simple in outline and effective in prac-
tice
Indiana Must Wake Up.
I will here refer to the frequency
of tuberculosis in dairy herds In
Mexico 81 per cent are affected In
the Eastern states II per cent; in the
West the proportion is less. An exam
ination Of herds supplying Indianapo-
lis showed only 6 per cent; the aver
age, however, is l per cent. In three
thousand examinations recently made
$40 were found affected. so much for
its prevalence. Among the states that
have more advanced legislation upon
this subject than Indiana, l mention
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
New Jersey, Rhode Island Pennsyl-
vania, Texas, Massachusetts, Iowa
and Montana. Indiana should wake
up. Here word as to the consump-
ton of milk containing tubercle bacil-
la. In one-thrd of all children dying
under five years of age, the death is
caused by tuberculosis. Seventy-five
per cent of babes are fed on cows
milk. Two hundred and eighty-one
children under five years of age died
of tuberculosis in this state the past
year. So much for the result Of feed.
Ing infected milk.
Action Of Disease.
l will here add that medical men
are agreed that while there are ports
OF entry at all ages for the germ of
consumption, recent data demonstrate
that tuberculosis is contracted often
In infant life-sometimes remaining
dormant until between tne ages OF y
and % it seizes upon most Of its VIC
tins and pursues them until death.
Tubercuine infalIibIe
IN iC'iAtu9 ApI iItS obstruction or
human life in its most productive
period SO far as its rayageS depend
upon infected milk. is TO eradicate the
disease from dairy herds. The tuber-
culine test is almost infallible, record
ing only per cent of failures. To.
day the dairymen object to the test
fearing great loss from condemned
cattle. The dairymen cannot REQUIRE
a test before purchase as the dealer
In mich COWS fears the same loss.
Were all assured that no great loss
would follow, the objection TO the test
would be removed. Amy plan that will
bring about this result should be fos-
tered. Three states are already NOV,
ing in this direction. While not nrac.
teal to make the tuberculine test com.
pulsory. an ideal plan would be for the
legislature 10 set aside a specified an
preparation 10 compensate for loss 0c.
casioned by the application of the tn.
herculine test 1t should be done IN.
der state supervision and losses tn in.
dlvidualS properly certified renaid
Whenever the people demand the test
under the above appropriation the