Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-03-09

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three things when they make their
rounds, viz. Disease In the cows,
the sanitary condition Of the dairy
buildings, and for signs Of the milk
having been aduiterated.
This latter is q very important
duty, as milk may become infected
with typhoid germs II adulterated
with water that has been taken
from contaminated source.
There are many who believe that
It Is impossible to procure clean
milk-at least. under present condi-
tions-and they offer different solu-
lions to the problem. as follows:
Filtration Of the milk through sand.
and centrifugalislng the milk. The
former Is practised TO some extent
in Europe. It cleanS the milk OF
dirt, but not Of, bacteria. The lat
ter method unquestionabiy separates
the dirt from the milk, but It offers
the same objection - that Of A.
trstion, namely that the bacteria
are not separated, but remain In the
milk. I .,....
These two methods merely
amount TO separating from the milk
the vehicle by which the dangerous.
infective basteris entered the milk.
but It leaves the dangerous element
itself. the bacteria, stu present in
the milk. N5
BY far the best solution offered
is that Of Pasteurisation on q COM
mercial scale. This process does not
get rid OF the dirt, but 1t kills all
disease germs and renders the milk
almost as free from danger as clean.
fresh milk.
The objection to Pasteurization
on a large scale Is that the machin-
cry Is very expensive and unless the
process Is done exactly right the
disease germs are only partially
killed. f
Honolulu's milk supply 10 derived
from forty-four daries. comprising
approximately 1000 cows. which
yield between 1000 and 5000 quarts
Of milk daily. OF this amount
about 5000 quarts are sold from cant
and the balance from bottles Ap'
proximateiy one-half OF the city,
total milk supply is handled By thu
Dairymen's Association.
| According to the records Of thu
food commissioner Of thererritoria
Board Of Health. under whose gen
eral supervision comes the inspec
ton OF milk and dairies. AS In
spections were made and 1895 sam
pies of milk were collected for tn
six months ending December 81
The record Of the dairy inspection
} shows that no dairy sterilixes all It
! utensils. fourteen daries cool thsi
) milk before delivery. two dairie
using ice for this purpose; thirty
three daries allow calves to suckl
! the cows either before or after mill
. ing, twenty-five require their mill
3 ers to wash their hands before mill
!. ing.
k The source OF water supply Il
!. thirty-nine dairies Is from the Gil
4 mains. three get their water fro
Z artesian wells, and two from Ope
Q springs. Two diaries use 'fermen
, ed brewers grains In addition
other mill stuffs and green fodde
The milking floors of thirty-sevt
dairies are OF cement. With ceme
| drains; five have wooden floors al
two earth floors; thirty diaries a
| provided with darins; the balan
are unproyided. Nineteen dairi
wash their stables In addition
plain sweeping. seventeen wa
| their floors occasionally, thirty-s
/ keep their walls free from dust. et'
!twenty-nine whitewash their stab
twice annually, nine whitewash on
/ annually, six do not whitewash
lall.
J Thraa mr. fur mt of all the dai