The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-06-02

HHu&N8EA0N committee OF the chamber
Of commerce % too drastic q be ap-
piled in Pensacola az this time. Ir
this a. true. in fairness - the commit
tee that drew the ordinance. and %
those public spirited e1uzens who are
urging is passage, the excessively
stringent features should be pointed
out in order that they may Re consid-
cred. and changed II necessary. As
the FIRST seventeen sections 81 the ordl-
nance have been reviewed and COM
mented upon In these columns. some
Of the other sections follow.
Section IS provides that au milk q
cream shall be delivered IN the original
bottles or cans which were put at the
dairy. This section is closely allied
q section Il. which provided that no
milk should be stored, cooled. mixed,
separated. or changed from one vessel
90 another. in any other place except
the milk room. The reason this Sec
ton was 50 drawn was that it was re-
ported 10 the committee that some of
the dairymeu did not possess Buffi-
Client bottles 90 serve ali their GUS
TONERS. They were. therefore. carry
ing milk in their wagons in bulk. IN
cans. and nlling en- route, bottles cole
lectea from the customers houses.
These bottles had probably been on
the porch all night. collecting the dust
ard germs from the ulght air.
The only exception 90 section rs IS
provided in section 10 which requires
that no dairyman shall deliver bot
ties or other receptarles containing
milk or cream. 60 any house contain
any Infectious or eoutagious disease.
ard providing that milk OF cream de-
liVered 20 such houses shall be poured
/ into a vessel belonging Co the GUS
+ toner To deliver and collect bottles
/ OF cans from "a residence or other
building containing CONTAGIOUS Or ln-
E fictitious diseases would be the same
4 thing as delivering milk from a dairy
/ which had contagious or Infectious
/ diseases gu the premises. The bottle
f that was collected this morning from
/ the house where "a typhoid fever pa
tiout was confined would probably lie
/ delivered 90 some one elso.a house to-
morrow mornluE. and ia this way
start an epidemic Of typhoid which
/ would be hard 20 check.
Section 90 does not apply Go diaries
at al but provides that milk kept for
/ sale In any store. restaurant market
/ bakery hotel or other Establishment
I shall be kept $50 "a CoutaIuer in a COW
/ cred cooler which shall DO lined with
+ metal or tile and elevated al least slx
inches above the floor The cooler g.
BE wciI ventilated and properly drain
4 ed and "a temperature maintained not
above fifty degrees Fahrenheit 10 the
dairymau is required 90 produce and
/ deliver clean milk, there Is uo reason
L
er &c reaches tie e8ty.
Section CD Isl the one f1at c. doubt
less referred Co as being too drastic.
I CAS- il defines the standard below which
i mGk sold in Pensacola shalt not GO It
provides that milk containing more
than $3.50 per cent - water. oF less
than $50 per cent Of butter Ht er
contains more than 500 GEO bacteria
per euhie gentimetar during the first
els months after che ordinance be-
comes effective and aoa0e0 bacteria
PER cubic ceutImeter thereafter. ahal
be considered as adultefBtea and its
| sale lu the city 81 Fenaarola Isl for
hidden. Tbs requirement that milk
shalt not csntain more than 500 900
bacteria per cubic reHtmgtcr is the
provision that has been most often
attacked az being too drastic Let
hos examine these requirements IN the
lHaht ~ the demands made By other
tctica on their dalrgmen. Below Is o
table showing the standard demanded
al Pensacola. Mobile and Atlanta
Water Butter Fat Bacteria
not more not less per cub.
than than cenumefer
Il Pensacola ......kT60er 8b0et "50000a
Mobile .......ssT.b0es gs0S 100000
Atlanta Oh. 5000 5000 100 0od
a3o0 eco after siN months.
II win BE noted that both Mobile and
Atlantis require that there shall be not
more than 100 600 bacteria per cubic
Icentimeter, while the Pensacola ordI-
nance allows 500. Zoo. The word "bac-
/ terra" when used with relation co mllA
ls synonymous with dirt and disease
/ IL has been demonstrated that it "A
possible 20 produce milk with only 40g
/ or less bacteria per cubic cent.mfter
"a cubic eenUmeter is about rs dropal
hut on the other hand. II milk Be- care,
lessly produced and strict cleanliness
lB not observed rs and about the dairy
sample of milk examined SIX hourl
after being taken from the cow vii
. show e bacteria content running "a
into the millions. THE bacteria C0uu
is "a direct index 90 the cleanliness 81
the methods employed in milk produc
4 tlon.
In "a city ike Pensacola, where rain
is delivered twice q day, TIE baCteril
content should not exceed 100 zoe. anl
even that is q high figure The but
ter Fat requirement Isl a question %
feed II the cows are starved. the cor
, tent of butter TAT viii be lows if vel
fed ON nutritiVn food, b win be high
Session e. provides that when skim
med milk or separated milk is sold
q the package containing such NAL
= shall be distinctly marked "Ek.mme
. Mflks ~ Separated MIR e Is idenu
] cal with corresponding section ln IN
: . Mobile ordinance.
3 section z3 farblds the sale of mill
&c which water. or any other forelRi
- - = - a.