The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-03
ALL COWS WILL
BE EXAMINED
Health Board Gets After
the Dairyman.
MILK BELIEVED UNSANITARy
State Officer Will Make the
Inspection.
Board of Health Holds Very I'M
portant Meeting and Lays Plans for
n Bctterment of Health Conditions
Within the City.

I'm Marion that is not strictly sani-
ment last night which should result
in materially bettcring the general
health conditions of the city. The
board proposes to examine every COW
from which milk is sold, In the
county. The state veterinary will
do the work and all cows that are
not i'm good health will be appraised,
shot and the state will pay the own
er one-half of the appraised value
Mr.. Chris Lippincott brought the
matter up last night.
81 wonder If the milk sold in Ma
| rion would stand the inspectors
test; have received inside informa-
| tion that a certain dairyman Is sell
| ing milk from a COW which Is suffer-
ing from a severe cough. l believe
that there are many other cows that
are being MIXED daily that are dis
eased," remarked Mr.. Lippincott.
Health officer Addison Balm read
part of section No. 81, article 80
of the late Ohio health laws. The
section empowers the health board
to appoint an inspector to examine
milk and cows. The dealers In milk
can be forced to procure a license
from the city health department
DR.. O. T. Want declared that he
had been much interested in the
milk business ever since he saw the
noted dairy farms located near De-
troit. Michigan. He explained the
sanitary conditions.
"The Detroit Sdairy guarantees
their cream to keep for two weeks
without souring; you can set their
milk in the sun for a period of
forty-eight hours and they guarantee
IL not to sour. Here we are lucky
in the summer time IL we can keep
milk from morning to night and
som etimes when il is on ice. 1t is
sure that some of the milk that is
being delivered in Marion is not up
to the standard and 1t Is up to us
to look after this matter" concluded
IN. Wiant.
Mayor Setter stated that the milk
should be thoroughly tested and
| those persons found to be selling i'm
pure product should be prosecuted
He also brought up the ice cream
question. He declared that several
Italians have been to him, asking for
license to sell ice cream in the
streets from push wagon.
"I don't believe that 1t is sanitary
and IL people want ice cream let
them go to the parlors where 1t is
properly handled" remarked the
mayor.
Later the board decided to leave
the matter solely to DIR. d. o. Weeks,
| president of the board, and Addi-
son Balm, health officer. In case that
they find that the push carts are
| thoroughly sanitary they will likely
allow "Ban-yan-a-a" John to con-
tnue his tramps over the town this
summer.
| Mr.. Balm said that the health
board has authority to bring the
Marion county dairymen to time.
1--WE have the right to stop any one
from selling milk from COW that
is in anyway suspicious. I think
that we should compel each dairy
man or retailer of milk, to procure
license from the clerk of the board
In this manner we could secure the
names of all persons in the county
selling milk" remarked Mr., Balm,
Just as an illustration of what some
people will do, l saw some farmers
haulng a load of milk cans few
days ago underneath load OF
manure" concluded the health Of
ficer.
Some queer things have occurred
II. Marion lately. MIX recently drop
ped in price and butter took a sud
den leap" remarked DR.. Want
A motion was adopted to the ef-
feet that all the cows of the citS
and county be examined by a com.
petent veterinarian and that tho
health officer procure the names OF
all persons selling milk, either al
retail or wholesale.
In discussing the methods of hand.
ling milk at the various creameriei
and dairies some very unique opin'
ions were given.
"They Pasteurize the milk at the
local dairy company, don't theyT
queried Chris Lippincott.
"Yes they sterilize, Pasteurize
waterize and paralyze it down there,
remarked DIR. G. II. Want.
Addison Balm reported eighty-on'
cases of measles in the city. He ex
plained the difficulty of reporting
cases or measles lndt are ulscndrBeu
The doctors won't report when th'
cards are taken down and 1t is i'm
possible for me to watch all of them,
remarked Mr.. Balm.
The health board couldn't see an!
advantage OF this report and advised
Mr.. Balm to hereafter only repor
those cases that are confined.
The board talked over the subJec
of tuberculosis at some length AM
discussed minor matters of heaNl
conditions, adjourning at 10 O'Clock
The members present at this ses
sion were j. c. Markert, G. S. LIP
pincott, DIR. ID. o. Weeks, DIR. C. 7
Want, Mayor G Setter and Add
son Balm. DR.. ID. o. Weeks preside
over the session.
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