Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-29
Council Bluffs
IOWA MILK INSPECTOR TALKS
Says Dairymen, Not Cows, Most Re-
sponsible for Impure Milk.
WORD FOR MAL1GNED BOVINE
Careless Handling of Fluid by Deal
ers Cause of InfectIOn--Tuber-
culOsis Injected Into MIX
from Outside.

DR.. o. p. Thompson, Iowa state milk in |
spector, arrived in Council Bluffs yesterday |
morning and will spend several days visit |
Ing the local diaries in company with
Deputy Mix Inspector Peter Smith. An
other purpose of his trip is to take ad-
vantage of the opportunity to familiarize
himself with the methods OF testing, in
spection, etc, used in Omaha.
Il am told that the Omaha health de-
partment has about the best most com
plete and up-to-date system of milk in
spection and dairy guardianship to be found
in the west, and 1 am going over there
and 20 to school for a few days" said Dr.
Thompson.
Dr. Thompson has full charge Of the
milk inspection in the state, and is devot-
ing the greater part Of his time now to
visiting the deputy inspectors and thor
oughly acquainting them with their duties
In the past the work has been done In
perfunotory manner and no effort has been
made by the state inspector to instruct his
deputies on the scientific and practical side
of their work. DIR. Thompson goes to each
OF the cities where inspectors are provided
and spends several days with them at
frequent intervals. impartlng the necessary
| instruction to inspire confidence In their
work and enthusiasm in the discharge OF
the details of their business. The state law
provides deputy inspectors for all towns
Of 10000 and over population, and at all
others aspiring to become such centers he
visits as often as possible, making inspec-
tons.
DnIrymen Know.
1.-THE people who use the milk are the
very last persons to know of any neglect
| a TNg
son. But the dairymen are the very first
to know It and they quickly take advan-
tage OF 1t. The diaries Of the state have
been in very bad condition, but we are
bringing abo,;t some most salutary changes.
IAN instance showing how quickly things
reach the lowest levels was afforded by our
| experience in Des Moines last Wednesday.
There had been no real inspection there
for several months. took the state dairy
commissioners and state chemist with me
and made the rounds of the dairies. A
local paper had cartoon that clearly rep
resented the situation as we found it. 1t
represented me as an old scrubwoman pre-
siding at a big tubfui of dairymen and
milk cans. stream OF clear water was
pouring into the tub, but which changed to
inky backners when it reached the dirty
dairymen. What ale commissioners and the
| chemist saw maze eacn Otner declare lnaI
he would quit using milk"
The State Board of Health, the dairy
, commission and the state inspectors all
are cooperating in the fight against impure
milk, especially in it's relation to the
, spread of tuberculosis.
J There is lots of Misrepresentation about
tuberculous COWS and their poisoned milk, u
said DR.. Thompson. Il have little or no
! faith in the efficacy of pasteurization un-
less II DO done at once, and then 1t is of
doubtful utility. We have clearly estab-
lished this fact. The cow is the least re-
| sponsible for tuberculosis germs In milk
] The tuberculous COW gives mighty little
3 milk and she cannot infect her own milk
unless she has tuberculous lesiQns in heI
! udder. The milk is the product of the
5 blood, and thousands Of tests we have made
] have fsiled to disclose the presence OF the
= tubercles there. We have tested hundreds
I OF cows reacting to the tuberculous test
$ and found cows seriously affected giving
: pure milk, but the eliminated waste ma
J terial from every animal thus affected
!. was found to be swarming with the germs
d The dairymen put the germs into the milk
y not the COW. Next to a woman 1 love
= COW better than any other thing in THU
q world, and won't see her maligned. Tina
= tuberculous cattle infect hogs we hav,
> clearly demonstrated also. We took equa
n numbers of healthy shoats and fed one
e half of them on milk from badly infecte,
Z COWS. Only small per cent Of them de
:, veloped the disease. We let the other hal
e follow the same animals and every on
n was stricken. We have shown that onl,
. per cent OF tuberculosis in human being
4 comes from milk that has been infected b,
a COWS. The dairymen are responsible 70
d the other sc per cent. And this is VIII,
y the state Of Iowa is now going after it
Ie dairymen so vigorously. We are going t
If have clean dairies or put every milk pro
N Queer out of the business All OF tn
infection comes through filthy carelessness
n that would make the users OF milk shudde
q IL they knew about it,
III