The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-05-26
ACOUITLOCAL BANKERS
DIR. Kennedy Tells Parents
of Pensacola of Dangers of
Giving Infants Impure Milk
Lives of Babies Who Are
Fed on This Milk
Are at Stake.

When seen last night and asked FOR
a statement concerning the proposed
milk ordinance now In the hands Of
tho commissioners DR.. Kennedy. who il
a member OF the State Board q
Health. and considered an authority
on public health matters. gave out
the following:
"Since 4 statement BY me Of the con-
dition as Il exists today was published
IN the News I have been severely
l criticised for being willing 20 publish
the facts 20 the outside world 60 lct
L them know how horrible things in
/ the milk line are IN Pensacola. have
never been afraid 90 tell the truth
about anything. and am certainly
not going % begin 20 lie. or 20 sup
press the truth, when the lives OF
Innocent little babies. whose parents
don't seem % realize the situation. are
AZ stake.
what / sad was not for the out
| side world. but for the mothers and
l fathers OF the children under three
years Of axe who are vitality affected
| By being compelled 70 use impure
milk I cannot believe that when our
city commissioners have all OF the
facts in the case put clearly before
\ them. that they win hesitate Go pass
this milk ordnance, as Il was pre-
scented 70 them. not amended. 80 no
| one could ever recognize H. but pass
/ as II has been drawn up BY men
who have devoted their lives % the
study q iuHt such problems
There are many interesting reasons
why this ordinance should pass and
from time 70 time / propose 70 tell
the neorie or Pensacola. my people, the
people In whose town I live and earn
mY living, some % these reasons-and
when I have told them a few. nos
necessarily all. ] am firmly convinced
thar public opinion viii be 80 strong
that the commissioners viii feel that
II Is the proper thing TO pass this or
dlnance.
Most q the eoinmon bacteria xrow
quickly In milk, and ths conditions
nuter which s. II handled render IL
more Or less liable 10 contamination.
DISEASE IN The COW.
From q diseased udder pus-pro-
ducing germs known as streptococci
and staphylococci may enter the milk
IN such numbers as 20 cause ar acute
Inflammation % the stomach and In
testines in a child. Tuberculosis Il
another disease transmitted from the
cow.
"The bet veterinarians state that
tuberculosis is on a steady increase
among the cattle OF the United states.
OUTBREAKS or EPIDEMIC DIS.
EASE.
In the year 1900 there were $40
outbreaks Or contagious disease which
were directly traceahls 70 milk These
illustrate very well how easily milk
becomes infected In this year there
were 1875 outbreaks a. typhoid fever.
90 nf scarlet fever Sc of diphtheria.
In the typhoid epidemics the disease
was found 80 the dairy n las in
stances. ln 81 the milk was diluted
with infected well water. In the
cows probably waded Ia polluted wa
ter in "A cases the employees acted
as nurses and in 10 they continued 20
milk although themselves suffering
from the disease.
"0f the scarlet fever epidemios there
was disease a. the farm or dairy IN
es. IN II employees we're themselves
infected and IN 10 they acted a. nurses.
others either lodged 81 or had visited
infected houses or the infection was
brought in cans Or bottles from the
homes OF infected parents.
~Of the Sc outbreaks az diphtheria
1 NNMM&&W NNMEM was disease AT the dairy
Ia IS: In three cases employees them
selves we're ili The other i2 was sup
posed 20 be due TO the disease in the
addsrs and teats Of the enws--but this
r. hardly probable.
Enough has been said 70 show that
aside from the bacillus coll and the
other becteria which abound In milk
that milk Improperly handed may
and does become contaminated with
many disease producing germs ana Il
IA many Instances the direct cause
OF epidemlca 20 these diseased
THE NUMBER Of BACTERIA IN
MILK.
The number Of bacteria In milk
depend chiefly upon three oonditiona
list Cleanliness In handling.
End. Temperature.
"ard age OF the milk
You can easily zee from this that a
bacterial count II 81 great value in
furnishing us with Information AZ e
the above conditions and serves A
q direct index e. q how the dairy a
run. An experiment made AZ one Il
the New York Health Department
laboratories viii serve as a. illustra.-
ton.
TIE EXPERIMENT.
a sample of milk. taken under good
conditions. contained Immediately az
ter milking. 800 bacteria 20 each drop
It was cooled 90 ss degrees. faren-
heit. and kept az this temperature
After twenty-four hours IL contained
only roo bacteria, after a. hours eeg
hacteria. ard after ~ hours 10000
The milk cnraled OF ira sth day
Another sample taken IN q dirts
barn cooled and kept ~ So degrees
farenheit. contained az nrss. 1000 hae.
tsria u each drop. n The FIRST q
hours 5000. n a hours 2a580e. Ia =