The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-06
ALL DIARIES MUST
STER|L|zE BOTTLES
Health Officer Davis Says
This Must Be Done
With Steam.

That all dairies not steriliZing milk
bottles with steam would be compelled
to do so in the future. was the an
nouncement made by City Health Offi-
Ger Davis today, together with the re-
port Of two more cases of typhoid fe-
yer which used milk supplied by the
William Hartman dairy, now Quaran-
tined by order of the state board of
health. The two new typhoid cases are
Jesse Killing, 1922 North F street. and
Mike George, 1904 North F street.
1t was also ascertained today that
about a month ago a complaint was
filed with the health officer over the
condition of bottle of milk furnished
by Hartman to d customer in the CEN
trail part Of the city.
The woman who entered the COM
plant informed the Palladium today
that she was informed by Dr. Davis af-
ter she had told him that the milk
had poured from the bottle like mo-
lasses, although it was only day old
and had been kept next to ice, that
probably there was some stable impur-
tiles in the milk and that the matter
would be attended to.
The woman said prior to her con-
versation with DR.. Davis, her husband
had had every symptom Of typhoid
as had a woman living in the neigh
borhood, who also used Hartman milk.
The woman who entered the complaint
with the health officer also said that
when she asked him to inform her
some dairy which supplied wholesome
xr,s1 III hn
ground that the health officer had no
right to supply such information.
Must Be Steriiized.
DR.. Davis today could not give the
number of dairymen who did not use
said there were quite a few who only
cleaned the Bottles with hot water,
which is not sterilization.
'Dairymen can be compelled to use
steam for sterilization and we will
see that this is done" said the health
officer. I'VE have been busy compel
ing other reforms in dairy manage
ment and now We will take up the bot
tie question"
He said it was not necessary for
dairymen to purchase steam steriliz-
ing machines, that this could be done
effectively by placing bottles in wash
boiler and heating the water until II
steamed.
Dairy Inspector Flock today for
warded to the state health authorities
samples of milk from the Hartman
dairy and water used in cleansing the
bottles. These samples will be analy.
zed and a report is expected Wednes-
day or Thursday. 1t will then be possi-
bic to authoritativeiy determine where
the typhf~epidemic originated.
1t is a foregone conclusion, however,
that the epidemic was spread about
the city in unsanitary bottles used by
the Hartman dairy. No Hartman Gus
toner who bought milk in the cans in
his wagon have contracted typhoid fe-
fer This fact has practically convinc-
ed the health authorities that only his
bottled milk has been the agency for
spreading the disease. Hartman will
the future, the health cfficer stated to-
day. unless he properly sseriiizes the
bottles with steam.
Hartman Resents Statement.
Hartman resents the statement of
State Pure Food Inspector Tucker that
the spring which supplies the water
he uses in cleansing his bottles is ex-
posed to the filth of the nearby road
way and an investigation suhstantiates
his statement that the spring is well
covered. He also says the strainers
Tucker cut from two pals had not
been used TO strain milk through. that
the pals had been used only for water
and that the water placed in them was
never used for washing the bottles.