The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-08-19
"ELECTRO-MILK"
ONLY IS PURE
DR.. MackaII Strongly Advocates
Introduction of New
Process.

lOSCoos
Absolutely the only pure milk sold
anywhere in the world is that sterilized
by the electric process, said City Ply
sician Mackall yesterday. "I have been
studying the process closely and have
seen it in operation in New York, and I
know what 1 am talking about. 1 un-
derstand that the Dairymen 8 Associa.
tion is figuring on installing this proc.
ess. If it does, it will be one of the
best things for the city that ever hap.
Pened.
"Milk, " said Doctor Mackall, "is
next to bread, the principal food prod
uct of the world 1t is usually con.
sumed in an uncooked state, which
makes it all the more dangerous if 1t is
impure. Dirt is liable to get into it
from the clothing of the employees of
the dairies, from hog pens, horse barns,
or swill barrels. really consider that
all dairy employees should be obliged TO
wear white clothing, as this would be
washed when it became soiled, while
colored clothes may be worn for months
with all their accumulation of germs.
Another source of impurity in milk IS
the dirty hands of the mixers.
Many epidemics, of the zymotic
diseases are caused primarily by the use
of impure milk-diseases such as ty-
phoid fever, scarlet fever and diphthe-
ria. These usually originate from the
water supply or through sickness among
those working on the dairies Also, dis
eases of the udder, such as tuberculosis,
are frequently transmitted in milk.
"SOme bacteria form acids and gases
among them is the Tactic acid bacteria,
which causes souring of the milk by
breaking up the milk sugar into Tactic
acid. These can be killed by a low tenn
perature, as they do not have spores.
They are usually introduced into the
milk by dust and pieces of hair. Diar-
rhea and vomiting are caused by the
acids formed as a result of fermenta.
tive changes.
GA heavy mortality results from the
use Of .mruro IN ana everything thar
can be done 10 din irish the sale of
milk that is not pure tends to increase
the healthfulness of the community "
Doctor Mackall explains that pas
teurization only partially purifes milk.
1t destroys part of the bacteria, but not
J all of them. Sterilization, on the other
hand, destroys all the bacteria. 1t is
much harder, however, to destroy the
} spores than it is the bacteria, long and
continued heating usually being reqrli-.
ed. 1t may take three or four days Ia
sterilize milk by heat, and this is man.
ifestly impracticable.
Pasteurized milk requires great care
in handling, and the bacteria grow
faster after the milk has once been pas
teurized. Pasteurized milk is usually
unpleasant to the taste and difficult il
not impossible, to sell.
"The Goucher electric process oil
sterilizing milk" says Doctor MackIll
ensures absolute sterility. The com
ponent parts of the milk are maintain
ed, its digestive powers increased, and
its flavor improved. The process con
sists in passing the milk first through
sterilized cotton batting to remove for
, eign impurities, and then exposing it ia
an electric current of high potentiality
The product is absolutely free of hac
terra, spores and all other organisms
The cream is heavier, and the digestivi
properties and taste are improved.
"The process is one requiring vsgy
expensive machinery, but if the Dairy
men Is Association, or any other dairy
introduces the process, it will mean tha'
! every dairy on Oahu will have to taxi
steps to have its milk sterilized by tn,
r same process. 'Eleetro-milk' is sold il
! New York, where it is fast driv nj
| everything else off the market. hop,
/. we shall get the process here, for it will
/ greatly improve the health Of the com
= munity.'
In connection with the milk question
D considerable dissatisfaction has be4.
>, expressed among dairymen at the nc
ton of Doctor Norgaard, the Territora
veterinarian, in issuing TO one dairy {
certificate of purity and not issuipi
similar certificates TO other dairies tn,
milk of which is equally pure. Som
ugly charges are being made on tft
street, which may lead to an investig>
tion and a demand on the part Of g.
other dairymen that action be taken =
% set them right with the community. /
is the claim of the other dairymen tha
= government official should be fair am
impartial and not favor any person d
particular 10 the disadvantage Of othar'
, -s-&---
W. +. Sabin, who has been city edi