The Washington times., 1914-11-14
CAT TIE EPIDEMIC
CLOSER TO CAPITAL
Case Discovered at Ashton,
Md, and Inspector Sent to
Establish Quarantine.
Continued from First pase.)

with Federal authorities in attempting
to prevent the spread of the disease
to other cattle or to herds furnishing
milk to Washington consumers.
Alleging that efforts are sometimes
made by ignorant and INSCRIPTIONS
dealers to pasteuriZe excessively old
and dirty milk merely to delay decom-
position. Health Officer w. C.. Wood
ward today issued a statement decIar-
ing that such milk cannot be success
fully pasteurized. as the large num-
Der and variety of germs in it viii
show.
Milk sold as pasteurized milk con-
tanning over 10000 bacteria per cubic
centimeter (about fifteen drops) OF
colon bacilli, he says. is not properly
DasteuriZed.
Opportunity to show cause why the
results Of meteorological analyses of
pasteurized milk should not be fur
nished consumers will be given the
Washington Dairymen's Association at
4 bearing in the board room of the Dis
trict building Monday at 10 a. m.
Health Officer Woodward has pre-
pared mimeograph letters showing the
ratings of dairies selling pasteurized
persons inquiring where properly pas
teurized milk may be obtained. Objec-
ton to making these records public was
made to Commissioners Siddons by
Mathew E. O'Brien and Henry e. Davis,
representing the Washington Dairy
mems Association, on the ground that
analyses made by the Health Depart
ment are inaccurate.
II necessary. 1t was said, they would
resort to Injunction proceedings to pre-
vent the giving out of such informa-
tion by the department.
Milk Records Open.
Pending the hearing on Monday. no
letters will be sent by the department,
but in the meantime the records OF the
Health Department win be open to those
who call at the District building.
Health Officers Statement.
Following is the Health Officers state
ment in part:
"Pasteurization of milk has three es-
sential steps: First. heating the milk to
Second. holding the milk at that tenn
perature for approximately thirty min
utas. Third, the subsequent rapid and
immediate cooling Of the milk to below
so degrees Fahrenheit. In pasteurization
on commercial scale, temperatures be-
low 145 degrees are ineffective, and tenn
peratures above 155 degrees alter the
terfere with the separation of the
cream.
1.-The only test OF the efficiency of a
pasteurizing plant from a sanitary
standpoint is the meteorological result
The operators of the largest and most
modern plants uniformly rely upon such
results, commonly employing their own
bacteriologists and having their own
meteorological laboratories for that
purpose.
"Pasteurization carried out as de-
scribed above kills many Of the germs
in the milk. or some kinds of germs, it
kills all. The effect Of pasteurization is.
therefore, to reduce the total number of
germs and TO eliminate some varieties
altogether
"Since disease germs in milk are not
numerous and are difficult to detect.
while the colon bacillus Is common and
is easily detected, the colon bacillus Is
commonlv searched for. II the colon
bacillus is present, the milk has not
been treated in way to kill disease
germs.
Germs Show Milk's Condition.
Excessively old and dirty milk is
sometimes pasteurized by ignorant and
unscrupulous dealers merely in order
to delay decomposition. Milk of this
kind cannot be successfully pasteur-
lied. and the large number and the
varieties of germs in it show clearly
how unsuccessful such efforts are.
I'm the Judgment of the Health De-
partment. if milk sold as pasteurized
milk contains over 10000 bacteria per
cubic centimeter. about fifteen drops,
or contains colon bacilli, there was
something wrong with the raw milk
used. the pasteurizing apparatus is de-
fective. or the pasteurizing process or
the subsequent care Of the milk was