The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
BEGIN TESTS OF
 BRIDGEPORT MILK
 SUPPLY AT ONCE
New Chemical and Bacteria logical Laboratory Open
 in Bank Building.

Concurrent with the opening of the chemical and meteorological labora- tory of the Department of Health, in rooms 211, 12-13 of the First-Bridge- port National Bank building, 8S6 Main street, it was announced by Dr. Abra- ham Sophian that a beginning will be made at once of the tests of all milk coming to this city from outlying dis tricts with a view to eliminating on April 1, 1917, milk that does not pass the standard set by the board.
 Bacteriologist Laurence E. Poole, in charge of the research work, declared that this mornings test would include 25 samples taken from Bridgeport and the vicinity and some from as far as Copake, N. Y., a hundred miles dis tant.
 In opposition to the present plans, the County Grange has announced that it will consider complaints of milk producing farmers who declare that the health regulations in this city tare designed to initiate against the local farmers in favor of larger deal CTS A mass meeting has been called for the night of September IS, at Flaw | leyville, when full discussion of the tmatter will be had.
 1 Local health officials, including Dr. A. c. Knapp and Bacteriologist Poole,
 will attend the meeting. Dr. Poole
 said today that the plan of analysis
 as outlined by the department of
 rather than to put him out of bus
 mess.
 l Under the plan now in force. careful analysis of milk for dirt. solids. fats
 and bacteria are made with a full re- l Or a
 today farmers throughout the country
 will have mailed to them in envelopes
 the actual dirt taken from pints of
 milk, with a scale of the butter-fats
 which will show what the herds are
 actually producing, the specific gray
 ity, solids and bacteria found. On
 January 1st, 1917, they will be given a
 report on their percentage and if be-
 low 75 per cent. will then be given un-
 til April 1, 1917, to remedy, or to sell
 only pasteurized milk.
 It was asserted today that the laboratory was also open for the free
 reception of all physicians samples of blood, sputum, etc., upon which re- 1 ports immediately will be returned
 to the physicians. The work now to
 be done includes the Wasserman | test.
 > The laboratory is divided into an | ante-room and three working labora- tories; one for infectious disease, or
 microscopal examination room; one 1 for chemical analysis for the de- | termination of bacteria, and the evap- 1 orator room.
 The. public will be admitted only | into the ante-room which will be
 in charge of Miss Mary Bannon, as- | sistant to Dr. Poole. Others in the
 laboratory will be stenographer and | a cleaner.
 The regular display of microscopes,
 cultures, agar gelatine, bouillon, pep
 ton and sugars is present, but in this
 case they are not the harmless variety
 for in each there turks the deadly
 germs of possible diphtheria, typh old
 sore throat (streptococci) or other l diseases.
 | In the evaporators were many samples in preparation for final anaJy-
 sis under the Wasserman, Schick, tu- | bercle and other tests. Ice boxes in-
 to which a person might step were | filled with milk.
 | Among the larger apparatus is a B. & L. microscope of 150 diameters | oil immersion, Wisconsin dust tester, 1 autoc1ave for sterilizing under 15 pounds pressure, steam sterilizer, hot | air sterilizer and incubator. A Bab- | cock centrifugal is being installed. No pathological work will be done | in the laboratory.