The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-04
HONOLULU MILK
IS VERY DIRTY

" OIAl4L utAI II yin L d-t Cut.
In spite of these facts, however. DR..
Norgaard does not favor the slaughter
ing of diseased animals, III view Of the
fact that there is no appropriation,
from which to pay their owners for
the loss sustained. He thinks that, in
stead of that, the milk might be pas
teuriZed. which he thinks would render
ii innocuous. Then instead of swal-
lowing live tuberculosis bacilli, the
| milk drinkers Of the city will only
have to assimilate dead ones. Whether
pasteurization would also destroy the
spores is a matter with which DIR. Nor
gard s report does not deal. He
thinks the public might be educated
up to boiling the milk. 1t might-some
| day.
Up To Supervisors
1t is now up to the board of super
visors as to whether or not the work
| of testing the dairy herds shall be con-
tinued. The board of agriculture and
forestry feels that it can no longer
afford to lend to the city and county
for nothing the services of DR.. Nor
-
expenses, and if the supervisors want
any further aid, they must come
through with an appropriation to pay
for it. DR.. Norgaard, it was explained
at the meeting yesterday, has other
work that requires his attention,
though he has for two months and
more devoted nearly all his time to the
testing of the dairy herds. However.
if the city wants to pay for it, he will
get another assistant to carry on the
tubereulin tests. Norgaard is going to
the Coast August - for month 5 va
cation, but will try 10 finish up the
examination of the herds supplying the
city before he goes away.
455 Diseased
The following are some of the more
important paragraphs in Norgaard s re-
port to the board of agriculture and
forestry:
In the city of Honolulu and Wei
nifty, including Waialae. Moanalua and
Nuuanu Valley, there has been tested
1921 animals belonging to fifty-two
different owners, as per the itemized
statement hereto attached, This num-
Der includes 81 bulls and about 80 head
of calves, while of the remainder about
- per cent. are dry COWS and heifers
\ total of 455 head. or 1924 per cent.
of these animals have reacted to the
tuberculin test, that is. have been
found to be affected with tuberculosis
OF this number IL head have been
DESTROYED and have been found on post
norton examination to exhibit the
pathological alterations characteristic
Of rqlarf.r-
eXtent-therebv confirming the value
II tuherculin as diagnosttc agent for
tuberculosis.
Prevalence Of tuberculosis.
The number of animals which have
reacted to the test. that is, aDproyi-
narely every third animal. is not sur
PriSinglv great when it is considered
that with very few exceptions NOTHING
has been done for years in the line Of
controlling the disease Since the at
tempt in 1897 to eradicate tuberculosis
from the dairy herds of Honolulu and
vicinity. and when in the neighhorhood
II l0on head IF cattle were tested and
about $50 head DESTROYED there has
been q decided reluctance on the mart
Of tHe dairymen as Well as Of the of
tetail 10 approach the tuberculosis
question
1T may be mentioned that during
the past several years only two eases
OF tuberculosis have been found among
Tb" thousands of heads az beef cattle
shipped TO Honolaiu from the Parker
Ranch an Hawaii. and that only on,
case has been known to como from the
next largest ranch. the Mo1okai Ranch.
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