Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-19
TAXES
LEAD in DAIRY
COW INSPECTION

II W0 interesting statements GeEdEu-5
ing tuberculosis in cows appear in Dr..
Victor A. Norgaard's report for Feb
irnary OF the division of animal indus
TRY. They are taken from reports
which he has been studying while
laid up with dermal nenritis. One
slows an instance of the rest Of the
world following the Head ef Hawaii.
Mentioning the report of the proceed
ings of the American Veterinary Med
ical Association, at its 50th anniyer.
sary meeting In New York. as con
tanning a number Of valuable papers
on the eradication Of bovine tuber-
culosis and its relation to tuberculo-
sis among children" the territorial
veterinarian says
! 1t is also gratifying to .aarn that
the intradermal tuberculin test, which
we have now used here between three
and four years, is finally gaining re-
cogniticn and that several states
have now adopted it for official tuber-
eulosis work California especially
has given much thought ane wor1 TO.
the problem and mentions the favor
able results obtained in this terri
tory
His next statement, backed by quo
taticns. is that, In regard to the sus-
ceptibility Of children to bovine tu-
berculosis. it would seem to be def
nitely settled that the danger to.
children from tuberculous milk is very
great. Dr. Park in New York has
demonstrated that in that city up
" ard of 800 children die every single.
year from bovine infection. Euro
pean statistics cited tend to show that
adults are probably fairly immune
to bovine tuberculosis infection, but
the figures on the continent come very
close to those taken from clinical
work in England from which the best.
information on, the subject IS said to
he had, and show that from % to p
per cent of the fatal cases of tuber-.
culosis in children are due to bovine
infection. And these figures do not
include the numerous non-fatal cases
which produce only more or less per-
manent and more or less severe de-
forIrities of the skeleton- hdpjoint
disease, psoas assesses, enlarged
glands of the neck, etc The father
I, of child dying in Edinburgh, when
convinced that its death was Cue to
! infection from the milk OF his own
! COW, gave a large sum of money for
an investigation. the results of which
have been published. Of 10 cases
examined. most of them children that
had not died, IL showed bovine tuOer-
| culosis and % human
DR.. Norgaard says that he cas quot
ed outside figures at length for the
reason that the local sanitary author
tiles, as well as the Anti-Tubercuiosis
/ League of Hawaii, do not seem to re-
alize the immense importance or this
source of infection to human beings
and especially to children. That
there has been a decided decrease in
/ the mortality from tuberculosis among
children under five years o. age IN tn 2
district of Honolulu duT:ng the past
year. coincident with the elimination
of the tnberculous COW from this
same district, while at the same time
infantile tuberculosis has beer in
creasing in all other parts of the ter
ritory, is admitted by the Anti-TubeT-
+, culosis League. From this DR.. Nor
gard renews his appeal FOR the ex-
tension of bovine tuberculosis control
to the other islands.
! Dr. Fitzgerald, the Maui Deputy, re.
I ports an outbreak of CHAMBERS on
that island which he har suppressed
/ by the destruction of infected horses,
which had been located through
speedy application CT the fntradermal
r1allein test to exposed ones. but the
! chief says the matter will nave his
personal attention, especially as this
is the first opportunity to try the new
apthmalmic mallein test which has
been adopted by the federal bureau OF
animals industry for use n interstate
! shipments of horse stock
t In response to inquiries in regard
tn the continuation eff the quarantin.
}, on hogs ON the island of Oahu, the
| veterinarian has advised that the en-
barge cannot safely be removed for
some time yet.
DR. Case, the Oahn deputy. reports
having made us tests of dairy cattle
for tuberculosis Of which but sever
We're condemned He also reports