Evening journal., 1914-02-06
CALLS MILK
INSPECTION
ANTIQUATED
Inspector Grantland Makes
Suggestions for Betterment
in Law to Council
WILL BE CONSIDERED
AT NEXT MEETING

VIII be included IN the annual report
of the Board OF Health TOR 1913. So
much valuable information relative to
the milk supply was contained i'm the
report that President White stated that
inasmuch as the subject is of vital in
tercst to all the residents Of the city
he believed the report, together with
the suggestions and recommendations
containd therein, should be referred TO
Council as a committee OF the whole
for further consideration. Upon motion
Of Colonel Stovcr this action was taken
and the report will be taken up by the
committee next week. The report in
full is as follows:
The prime purpose of milk inspec-
tion Is to provide as pure a milk supply
for the consumer as IL i- possible under
existing conditions, and to improve
these conditions by advancing and adj
vOcating such measures as seem most
likely so 10 do. Proper inspection OF
the milk supply of a city the size of
Wilmington, with its attendant respon-
sibility of adjusting the many differ
sumner. dealer and producer. can not be
obtained with system that has be-
come antiquated i'm these days OF adj
lvanccd milk legislation, but an inspec-
I tion conducted by such a system is pro-
ductive of many good results though its
efficiency may be questioned.
Wilmington market milk is gathered
ldailv from about 300 dairy farms, of
J g. IS n 20 flta
sumer IN the city that frequent inspcc-
tions be made, as but recently one of
the most responsible veterinarians of
the State in public statement de-
clared that fully twenty per cent. oi the
milk cows in this district are suffering
from tuberculosis in its insipient stage
or otherwise; and, if conditions outside
of the city can be safely judged by snni-
ltarv conditions as found az the dairy
farms within the city limits. there IS
among considerable portion Of dairy
men a wocful disregard for even the
udimcntarv sanitary principles CON
nccted with the producing and market
ing of milk. The present plan OF DAIRY
farm inspection having proven made
Quate as means of hetterng these
conditions. the first essential II we are
to approach the present day standards
/ of milk inspection service. is the super
vision of sanitary conditions at the
ldairv farm bv State or municipal au-
thoritv and the adoption of modern
methods of scoring and rating dairios.
During the summer of 1913 a
svstcmatic collection of samples was
undertaken. and more than 4u'
analyses wero made in an effort tc
reach a classification of the difierenl
grades OF milk being sent or brough'
into the city and TO ascertain the
( cause of the poor quality beine as
tributed 10 the consumer gencraliy
II was shown by this inspection that
: the milk being sent by rail was ol
poorer quality and less sanitary than
! that brought in by the producer 70
/ the dealer. while the milk sold direct
from producer TO consumer, when
/ comprised about thirty per cent. oil
the total supply for the city, was SUI
/ porior both in quality and sanitary
/ condition. The introduction OF re-
j ceiving stations at the best milk pro-
4 ducing centers with their reirigera-
/ tor car service TO other cities the
natural desire of the producer to re-
ceive as large a return as possible
from the sale of the milk ana the
\ increasing tendency OF the dairy
I owners of the present day towards
the Holstein breed of cattle are some
I Of the reasons for the lowering OF
quality of our milk supply and max
ing difficult any efforts to keei
milk and cream up to the city stand
ard. which Is even lower than tina
set bv the State Board of Health al
a recent meeting. This Inspector
also disclosed the use of Tornado
hyde as a milk preservor and in
breaking up thisa dangerous practice
it was found necessary to cause th'
arrest and conviction of prominent
dealer. IN this connection muci
difficulty was encountered in pre-
paring cases for court and the ne
cessitv of city laboratory keenl.
felt The limited services OF th'
Water Department laboratory were
kindly offered but the facilities
we're not such as are needed for mill
inspection work.
'Surgested by impressions receiv
ed from visititations to stores anI
milk houses throughout the city, sew
eral clauses have been inserted II
the proposed pure food ordinanc'
relating to the location of place.
from which milk can not be sold an'
regulating the sale of dipped an'
loose milk. The unpleasant feature
connected with the keeping and bot
tling of milk in cellars and base
ments with poor light and little. ven
tilation are so evident and the ad
vantages accruing to the small deal
er from handling milk more uni
form in quality and less likely to b.
infected are so manifest that any oh
iections to the proposed regulation
on the score of increased cost o
maintenance and additional losse
from the misuse and non-return o
bottles would appear 70 be neghgi
bic
I'm any effort to improve the qual
ity OF the milk supply the fact shoul
not be overlooked that it costs NOR
to produce and market an articles o
high grade than one of low grad
and reimbursement must be had 10
the difference I'm the cost. The pub
lie must be educated to demand SAT
and clean milk. and consumers mad
to realize the necessity Of bearin
their share of this additional cos
Upon the producer and dealer recei'
ing a fair return for their capits
and labor depends very largely on
progress along the lines OF permaner
Improvement in the milk supply {
the city of Wilmington.
CHAS. II. GRANTLAND
In Inspector of MIX
Only One @BROMO QUININEv