The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-26
INSPECTION
OF DIARIES

An interesting reroH on che dhiue.
of nonoiulu wns presented nt ysr,r
da, b meeting ~ iho nuafd of Health
By Food Commissioner Duncan. Tle rs.
port was rcfeuel 20 committee 90
frame ruies aud regulations Inc report
whs as fuilovs
The matter Of sanitation and the
. proper inspection of laifies has recently
been made matter uf investigation in
Honolulu In order that the Board Of
/ Health may know Just what has been
done t0 improve the liou.lulu supply /
beg 10 present d short report dealing
with some OF The important aspects oi
the subject.
4 here are no laws and rules and reg
ulations governing the sanitation Of
diaries aud the sanitary handling and
distribution Of nilk These usually pre-
cedc any attempt to improve dairy con
di ions aud We were, therefore, compel
led to begin our work without any spe-
cihc ideal IN view other than TO first
correct some of the most insanitary
| practices aud conditions. Even with
| the handicap of no rules, etc, to guide
us, beginning was made toward the
general Improvement of conditions ia
the fall of 1906, when by personal in
terview and correspondence, some of the
largest dairymen assured me that they
| believed in clean milk and would volun-
tarily cooperate with the Board of
| Health in improving conditions. A
number of diaries were improved and
undesirable features abandoned. The
Legislature of 1907 provided a milk
and dairy inspector and in July, 1907,
this man began work, first under the
supervision of President Pinkham, la
inspector and, finally, during the past
ter under the building and plumbing
| year, entirely under my charge. With
| the appointment of a dairy inspector
the work Of improving sanitary condi-
tions, method of milking and care of
milk has gone steadily forward; lag
| gin9 somewhat at times because, with
out laws or rules TO fall back upon, we
had no effective method to push the
work. In spite of this the present con
ditions of our diaries will compare most
favornbly with that of any city Of its
| size.
To systematic the work of inspection
and to keep detailed record. of each
dairy | have inaugurated a system of
semiannual reports of our dairy iuspec-
tions. From these reports / beg to call
your attention to some of the improved
conditions in our forty.four diaries:
Thirty-seven have cement floors in
the milking sheds.
In % diaries the mixers wash their
hands before milking.
In 20 diaries the udders of the cows
are cleansed.
In 20 diaries the floors are swept
daily.
In 10 diaries the floors are washed
daily.
In II dairies the floors are washed
occasionally.
In SO diaries the walls, ceilings, etc.
are kept free from dust, etc.
In 30 diaries the stables are white.
washed semiannually.
In 8 diaries the stables are white
washed annually.
in q dairies the stables are not white
washed.
In regard to pure water supply, uni
versally considered one of the indis-
pensable conditions for diaries, we have
to report that 80 diaries use city water,
3 use well water and use spring water.
The spring and well water supply has
been investigated and found to be not
liable to contamination.
Regarding disposition of manure, at
! the time the report was written, all
diaries removed manure to distance
of at least % feet from the barn AT
present two or three have piles close
to the barn.
4 The above details are in cOntradis
tinction to the conditions of two years
ago when it was the usual occurrence to
use any available supply of water, filthy
methods of milking, insanitary milking
sheds, dirty utensils, surroundings of
the barn in insanitary condition and no
proper place for storing milk and milk
utensils.
improvements in dairy conditions ev.
erywhere have usually made slow prog.
ress. 1t seems that the Board of
Health, working without rules, etc. has
done considerable in improving the Ho-
Moulin supply.
There are at present seven or eight
dairymen who have not the methods
or facilities for producing fairly clean
milk For the consideration of these
cases, and, also, for the consideration OF
the milk supply of Honolulu as n whole
| respectfully request that committe,
be appointed.
About two years ago DIR. Pratt ant
myself inspected all the diaries in Ho
nolulu. ] herewith present some photo
graphs of the stables in use at tina
time. 1t is hardly necessary to say
TINT ,hqse buildings are not now usel
for the production of milk.
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: PNEUMONIA.
: This is one of the most danrerons