Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-14
PURE MILK CRUS AIDE Threatened
BY ENEMIES, DR.. NORGAARDREVEALS


and troable in connection with il. On
the other hand. pasteurization can-
not always be relied on, the plant
might become incapacitated and il
even for one day only, unpleasant re-
suits might follow the consumption
OF a few thousand gallons of unpas-
teurized milk from lot of diseased
COWS. ! will, therefore, ask you gen
Element singly. as practising physi-
clans, az well as through your organ
izations, TO help me in ayerting what
/ believe would be very poor poll
cy on the part OF the dairymen and
far from their own interests. A sick
COW cannot furnish the same quantity
of milk as a healthy enc. and ] am
sure that most Of your patients would
prefer milk from healthy cows to
that from tIberculous animals, even
IL rendered inOcuous by pasteuriza-
ton. To terminate the efforts of the
Board Of Agric .lture and Forestry at
era1icating bovine tuberculosis at the
present time when large majority
OF the diseased animals have already
been disposed Of. and the possibility
of their transmitting fatal disease
to the children, whose welfare it is
our solemn duty to protect, can be
viewed only as step in the wrong d.
rectioa. And what of the 20 or so
dairymen who have already cleaned
their herds of tuberculous animals :?
A barDed wire fence is poor protec-
ton against the badly infected tuber-
cuIous herd of a next door neighbor.
And the many so-called family
cows some of which, if they become
infected from a nearby diseased herd,
would almost ne sure, sooner or later,
to transmit tuberculosis with their
milk. because, unlike the milk COM
ing from larger or smaller dairy, it
would lie consumed undiluted, day
after Gay, by the same people or
children. OF course, such milk could
and should be pasteurized, but, gen.
tlemen, you undoubtedly all know
what home pasteurization amounts to-,
especially when left to servants.
Would II not De much safer to have
healthy cows only?
To Safeguard Consumer
In conclusion, ] beg to reiterate my
statement from last year: The milk
consumer of Honolulu pays for clean
milk from healthy cows and conse.
quently is entitled 10 get just that
and nothing else. Pasteurization and
Qualification are excellent adjuncts to
safeguard the consumer against milk
borne diseases. but they should never
be used rs excuses for continuing a
few diseased cows in otherwise
healthy herds, as little as for filthy
milking methods and dirty utensils.
As 1 fully believe, gentlemen, that
you all agree with me that bovine
tuberculosis must go, venture again
to ask for your support and coopera-
ton to that end. ! thank you for the
opportunity to lay the matter before
you and for your courteous attention.
Discussion
DR.. c. B. Wood: "Mr. Chairman, /
move that a copy of DIR. Norgaard's
paper be sent by this society to the
daily papers with the request that
they publish it as part of the proceed.
ings of this meeting
DIR. w. C. Hobby: Il move to amend
DR.. Woods motion by adding the
words: With the Endorsement of this
society"
DR.. c. B. Wood: Amendment ac-
cepted."
DIR. A. n. Sinclair: Il move to
amend the amended motion by add
ing AMI that copy of Dr. Norgaard's
paper re sent also TO the governor,
the president of the cenate and the
speaker of the house of representa-
tives, end that the secretary be in
structed to memorabilia these gentle
men that any legislative or other ac-
ton in any way unfavorable or OBJ
structive to the board of agriculture s
efforts at Graduating bovine tubercu.
losis. will be viewed by this society
as unwise and contrary to the welfare
Of the community. aud that copy OF
this cesclution be forwarded to he
president of the board Of health.
The resolutions committee. com.
posed Of Drs. Fl. V. Murray and A. n.
Sinclair. drew up and recommended
the following resolutions, which were
adopted unanimously by the society:
Whereas this society is reliably in.
formed that an effort is to be made
at the coming session of the legisla'
ture of Hawaii to abolish the testing
Of dairy cows with tuberculin. and
the exclusion of such cows as are
found to Infected with tuberculosis
from dairy herds, and
Whereas it would be immensely det
rimental and dangerous to the health
of the community to substitute any
other means to prevent the spread OF
tuberculosis from milk. be it hereby
Resolved: That it is the sense OF
this society that the present rules
regarding the testing and exclusion
of infected cows from dairy herds are
of the Utmost importance to this ter
ritory, and should under no circum
stances be abolished. nor should any
measures be entertained as a substl'
tute for such testing and exclusion
and be it further
Resolved: That a copy OF this reso
luton DC sent to the president oil the
xenates the speaker of the house, and