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

reacring animals branded or the healthy
ones ear-tagged.
Results Conclusions and Recommends
tons.
The results so far of the present IN
vestigations show that tuberculosis pre-
walls to a great extent among the dairy
cattle supplying the city Of Honolulu
with milk. The disposition Of some
four hundred or FIVE hundred Of tdber-
culosis animals confronts the authori-
ties. and the elimination Of the danger
from milk contaminated or infected
with tubercle bacilli must receive i'm
mediate attention.
Pasteurization Recommended.
"sAs there does not seem at the
present time any prospect of an appro
2riatiou. territorial or municipal, for
the reimbursement Of owners Of tuber-
cplous cattle. whose animals might be
slaughtered pro bono publIco, and who,
on account of public sentiment, would
not even have recourse to at least
partly recover their loss through the
Slaughter under competent veterinarian
iuspectiOn and the sale of the car
casses for human consumption, and, as
the compulsory slaughter OF the at
fected animals without any compensa-
ton. would seem inadyisabie, as 1t has
proved a failure whenever attempted
where such a large percentage of AM
mails have reacted, 1t appears that the
only other recourse would be the rem
derinp innocuous of the contaminated
milk from all diaries where tubercu-
lous COWS are kept. through the means
of dissemination. While this method
when effectively carried out safeguards
the public health it is only temper
ling measure as far as the eradication
of tuberculosis is concerned, and IN
fact frequently leads to carelessness,
promoting the further spread OF the
Infection. Pasteurization would simply
consist in the heating OF the milk
TO certain temperature for a certain
period of time. and to be effective must
be controlled by the authorities, and
this can only be done through the es-
tablishment of milk depots which are
subject 10 continuous inspection by
competent officials. There can be little
doubt that thoroughly pasteurized milk
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with modern machinery renders the
milk from tuberculous cows absolutely
safe. and at the same time guards
against contamination from other
sources and the spread of other dis
eases. such as typhoid, scarlet fever.
diphthera. and the many disorders OF
the stomach from which children sui
fer TO such great extent when fed
contaminated milk. Until such milk
depots can be established and the re-
quisite machinery imported and in
stalled the so-called kitchen pasteuriza-
ton must be relied on if the milk from
infected herds is to be allowed to be
sold To insure, however, that this
dissemination is carried out by each
Individual purchaser of milk it would
be advisable that the containers, wheth
er cans or bottles, as well as the
wagons transporting the same, be con-
spicuously marked in such manner as
to warn the purchaser that the milk
is dangerous unless pasteurlzed. The
public should at the same time be edu
Gated, through circular letters and pam
phlets as to the best way of carrying
on this pasteurization, and should be
warned of the danger of feeding the
milk, especially to children, in raw
condition.