The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-22
RECORD CROWDS
AT HEALTH TRAIN
Public Manifests Deep Interest in
State Demonstration

ih"s tie cillIens OF Calumet and
Laurium are deeply Interested I'm H.
state health and food departments
was manifest today In the racora
crowds that visited the state beoIth
special train in the Copper Range
yards. Throughout the day. the c,rs
were inspected by interested people
and the enthusiasm shown by the Wis
itors indicates that they are eager IN
be Informed on matters pertaining IN
the health of the community.
One OF the most attractive exhibits
Is that OF the weights and measures
department. The officials i'm charga
of this display demonstrates clearly
the need OF county sealer.
Many faulty weights and scales
short measures, denied measures. etc
are shown that clearly demonstrate
how the consumer is defrauded. MIX
and cream bottles that are l-2 ounces
short on every pint are sown. LIQUID
measures that are sometimes used IN
measure such commodities as navy
beans. peas, etc, instead Of the dry
quart measure. show how the con-
sumner is cheated out OF many dollars
during a year. A scale that wa.
found In meat market. by the in
spector. which registers seven and n
half pounds when only five pounds
are placed on the pan, is among the
many interesting things in this ex-
hibit. That the retailer is equally in
terested in having "A county sealer 10
protect him from loss is demonstrated
by showing a gallon measure found in
grocery store that nets the retailer
a loss of two and three quarters GAL
Ions on every barrel. The points
brought out by this exhibit clearly
demonstrated that the salary OF the
sealer would be saved many times
over.
Show Filth in Milk.
Local people were greatly interest
cd in the milk exhibit; dirty cans
that are used to transport cream and
milk from the country to the city, are
shown. That much filth and dirt finds
its way into milk is very wildly H.
Illustrated by showing cotton filter pads
containing the dirt and barn-yard re-
fuse that has been separated from
milk.
The laboratory exhibit shows how
the bacteria in dirty milk are determ-
ined. This exhibit also clearly demon
strates that the proper pasteurization
OF milk, kills all bacteria. The com
parison of the bacterial content of
clean milk with that of dirty milk and
old milk is clearly brought out. by
the aid of two microscopes, actual
living typhoids and tuberculosis
germs are shown.
Infant Death Rate High.
That the death rate among chill
dren under two years OF age. due to
diarrhoeal enteritis in Houghton
county is greater than that of the
state is graphically illustrated by
means OF statistical charts. The health
officials attributed this to impure milk.
on the other hand the death rate of
the diseases of Pneumonia, tubercul-
osis, typhoid fever. diphtheria and
fever is shown to be less than that of
the state for the year of 1919 Charts
show that cancer is on the increase in
Michigan but that the death rate from
typhoid fever and tuberculosis are on
the decreases. Pulmonary tuberculosis
decreased about eight per cent.
A well model shows clearly the dan
gers of drinking water taken from
shallow or surface water wells. A
great many people have the wrong
Idea OF the purifying qualities Of sand
and gravel through which their shall
low wells are sunk. The nitrifying
bacteria and the oxygen of the air are
the purifying agents. These agents
are not found in the soil to depths
greater than four feet.
The train will leave Calumet Mon
lay morning for the Soo stopping
Ishpeming, Marquette and other in
points.