The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-29
CALLS UPON CITIES TO
CONTROL MILK SUPPLY

of ihe rntlA supplies hy past~srfEt4.r
i1atniatu~ that I'll. municipalities
ought I" axe ever fh~ protection .
he NTH supplies
IN : paper h~fer~ IL. Americas
tahEfc Health Association h~ poIs.,~d
'"ai that , -ov nd. cats-parin.a and
cltA distributed water supplies had
cut one one - the three great causes
~ typhoid fever. and this polio, had
been Vtndictted.
Eat. nc said. ~mila. ey~n more
than water. = a carrier = tn sersas
81 uiseast Not 81 os~ dts-ss# but -
SIX typhoid. SCARLET fever. sph.np-
ria. septic sore Unrest. summer com
plants md. more serious than Al
else milk rs "A common chscl fer "a.
iFanSIni~s'"n - '~th~rcu'aSiS t. nuna.
beings
We hats The fact slaat municipal
g"~Sernnaents INTERVIEWED and took
ccafTot of the water suprfIs@ cai~ns
to stop n ravaging - their cities bs
one disease. typhoid fever. Nv PROMO
sltloit Is that the same policy sheuld
lie followed in dealing with an article
OF food 81 universal use and n.c-sslt;
ti-sl Is a common cause Of six plaques.
Inc obligation u d. this * rec
ognized by every municipality the ex-
tent 10 which the obligation Is carried
ont varies. The method everywhere
Is supervision. nethoS that WA
tried and proved insufficient IN tho
protection of the people from tvphola
germs In waterl
The only rodm Tor discussion is ~
10 now his duty is to bc fulnllcd. Ry
ordinances hat are not enforced Ey
inspection that does not inspect Ry
post-in"rtem supervision that deals
with a dairyrnan or dealer after III.
raw milk has started an epidemic
4 vast expenditure ~ effort a
great Improvement has heen achieved
III the milk supplies II cities. No one
KNOWS this better than | do. for L
aaNe loho~ed TINS work day III and
day out through twenty-three long
years. | am thankful for what has
been done. But Yet II remains true
that much of the milk sold IN tho
elites Is neither pure nor safe.
me consequence il hat milk
borne diseases continue To exact their
toll OF human lives, particularly II Ia
fan lives.
Il would be the last - discount o.
to criticise the action uaken ~ lew
York city and Philadelphia. ard con-
templated or partially carried cut III
many other cities. IL requiring The
proper pastenrizatioa IF the milk
supplies under municipal supervision.
This Is The greatest step FORWARD in
the history IF tn. modern war for the
prevention IF disease. 1t viii save
lives not by hundreds but by thou
sands.
But ] would lie less than frank il
/ did not admit that | look forward
TO "A system more efficient than pas
teurlzation under municipal superyi-
sion Such supervision IS az necessity
occasl onally and lacking in complete
efficiency. It's history. I believe. vii!
parallel that Of municipal supervision
OF the pQrihcaiio1 Of privately operaf-
ed water supp'.rs. II wifi do much
good, bat finally vill give way. b
%liove, To- IA system that viii do more
good.
Absolute nuaiclhas tsatrol ef The
milk supplies will. i =. he md
to be the edecrsve - rot mere f.
check, but t. Tip~ E mifk-horne
diseases.
This thorough 4ErnI mav he
achieved in two wass
BY the cities ia over fnnc-
ton of Supplying mig O consumer,
just as the citieg have take 4xcr the
Junction OF supplying wessE TO each
o by the cities ~perforsmg the
function OF pasteurizing Tie entire
; milk supply and deliverins - milk
: in sealed containers L the dealers for
distribution.
Neither system mans Incz ease
| cost Of milk. for the first wipes ou,
the high cost Of competition, with the
duplication of milk routes by rival
49, &L6r
: benefits Of the economies Of a fsAs
large central plants As compared viii
: d large number of smaller plants.
, This country is Weakening 10 ths
, excessive cost OF the great xhite
plague-a cost figured in millions 81
dollars and Of lives and in suffering
: and sorrow that - ~incaiculabl..
With this awakening there vii
: come, ] believe. a demand similar Il
that that led the municipalities Il
!, take over the function Of .lpptyins
: water. ana AS the people realize II.
u bearing Of milk upon the spread q
. six plaques. Of which The greatest
). tuberculosis. / feel sure that there
{ come irresistible insistence upon
2 absolute assurance OF safety
y these infections that can I've had
T III the nurtcipaliE1Iion If the mil
e supplies
) Il think the time has come 10 rec
r ogriZe these facts frankly-fne tim.
to insist urgently upon pasteurizauol
and to consider and work out III,