The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-08-05

oince IL Woulu De without making any
political promises of any kind what.
ever, But am afraid I shall have
to stay out of the political field this
time"
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infection. Pasteurization would imply
consist in the heating of the mill,
to a. certain temperature for certain
period of time, and to be effective must
be controlled by the authorities, and
this can only be done through the e..
tablishmenG of milk derots which are
subject to continuous inspection by
comp, ent officials. There can be little
doubt that thoroughly pasteurized milk
where the process has been carried out
with modern machinery renders the
milk from tubeTculOus cows absolutely
safe, and at the same time guards
agair9j contamination from other
sources and the spread of other dis.
eases, such as typhoid, scarlet fever
diphtheria, and the many disorders OF
the stomach from which children suf
fer 10 such a great extent when fed
contaminated milk. Until such milk
depots can be established and the re
quisite machinery imported and in
stalled the so-called kitchen pasteuriza
ton must be relied on if the milk from
infected nerds is TO be allowed to b,
sold. To insure, however, that THU
pasteurization is carried out by eacl
individual purchaser of milk it would
be advisable that the containers, wheth
er cans or bottles, as well as thl
wagons transporting the same, be con
spicuously marked in such a manner as
to warn the purchaser that the milk
is dangerous unless pasteurized. The
public should at the same time be edu
Gated, through circular letters and pam.
phlets as to the best way of carry ng
on this pasteurizatiOn, and should be
warned Of the danger of feeding the
milk, especially to children, in d raw
condition.
Milk Depots.
1t is estimated that the srm of ap.
proxima3ely $4,000 wLulG be required
to at least partly rtluILUrse the own.
ers of reacting cattle if compulsory
slaughter should b. decided on. 1t
would therefore seem thar the estab-
lishment of one lr more official milk
depQts equipped w';h moderE machin-
cry for pasteurizatiOn and Qualification,
and which could be made self.sustain-
ing by imposing a small charge pe-
gallon of milk handled, would be by
far the cheapest and safest solution of
the problem before us. The clarified
tion of all milk, whether from dairies
containing tuberculOus cows or not "a
also highly recommended, unless the
sanitary conditions of the stables,
sheds and milkroom, and the drawing
and handling of the milk, is such as
to insure against its contamination
with filth and feces. A sample of milk
recently purchased on the open market
for the purpose of making "a bacterial
count was found to contain more than
25,000,00O bacteria per cubic cent?
meter. Milk of this nature is nothing
but rank poison end would if fed to
infants in the raw state undoubtedly
produce very serious results. Another
sample obtained from the same source
two weeks later contained 100000
bacteria per cubic centimeter.
Time Is Needed.
Reforms of such sweeping nature
as the conditions seem to call for can
not be carried out in a day and the
policy to be decided on by the authori-
ties in the matter should be given full
consideration from every viewpoint,
leaving sentiment out as far as pos
sible. An early segregation Of all re-
acting animals is in my opinion the
first important step and this can in
many cases not be accomplished with
out providing premises for the reacting
animals. A proclamation issued by the
proper authorities warning against the
danger of using milk lien does not
come from clean dairies without pas
teurization and especially in families
with children, would do much to pre-
vent possible infection until such a
time when milk depOts for the official
pasteurization of milk can be estab
lished. Catalogues and literature per
tanning to this subject are submitted
herewith The slaughter of reacting
animals under government supervision
should be encouraged and the assist
ance Of the daily papers should be in
vOked in suppressing rather than en-
couraging prejudice against the use
of the beef from animals which pass
rigid inspection by competent veteri-
narians.
The work of testing the animals
of the city will IL continued
as soon as have had an opportunity
10 straighten out the rather neglected
of my office.