South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-05
SAYS MILK SHOULD
Be PASTEURIZED
Or. Charles {. North Advo-
Gates Measure as Means of
Safeguarding Public.

DDS OF handling tine supply TO keep
II clean. was advocated by Dr.
Charles r. North OF New York city,
eminent authority on clean milk. at
an illustrated lecture given last
night At the high school auditorium.
lie advocated these measures as
protection 90 the community. as
safeguard for the public health.
Further. 10 meet the advanced cost
OF preparing clean pasteurized milk,
Or North said that in his Opinion.
this sort OF milk. with the indorse-
ment of the board OF health brand
ing fl as a guaranty against high
bacteria. visible dirt and disease
germs. should sell for 1Oc a quart
Ill city markets.
There might be two grades Of
milk sold. as has been established
elsewhere" ne said "one which
wound sell for nine cents and the
other for 10. The nine-cent brand
would not have the backing neces-
sarily OF the board Of health: 1t
would be of uncertain grade. The
other brand would be absolutely
guaranteed"
Advocates Special Laboratory.
Further, Dr. North advocated that
a special milk testing laboratory be
established. where $50 to 200 samples
or milk could be tested daily. This
he said, would be a matter of but
little expense. The next step. the
speaker declared. was 10 provide a
standard OF milk, and the dairy pro
duct which came up to this stand
ard should bear the labeled endorse
ment OF the board Of health.
Or. North said that, contrary to
the prevailing opinion. IL is not
necessarily the dirty COW barns and
dairy yards which produce dirty and
impure milk. Instead. IL was the
dirty methods OF handling milk.
Pure. clean milk" he continued
has come today TO be looked upon
as ., good business proposition. Some
milk supply stations pay premiums
for butterfat Some farmers think
this bad business, but those that do
are the ones whose milk contains no
butterfat Some stations likewise
give premiums for low bacteria rates
and clean milk tests.
POcketbOOk Appeal Affective
an that way by appealing TO the
pooketbook of the farmer YOU can
'encourage him 20 produce clean
milk You car preach reform. you
can advocate changes in methods.
but the surest way is through the
premium route"
The speaker said that in New
York. while il was impossible for
health officers to go into the country
TO inspect dairy farms. IL was posi-
bile. through regulation. to prevent
the dirty milk from being sold with
IN the city limits. Tn this cOnnec-
ton he said that the city had too
low a rate per capita devoted 10
health interests. Here IL is 10
cents" the speaker continued. land
II should be at least so cents Your
health laws are exceptionally weak.
TO go out OF the city YOU must have
state aid"
Pasteurization Only Method.
Or. North showed conclusively last
night that pasteurization OF milk
cheating IL TO 135 degrees Fahren-
heit for 50 minutes) was the only
method which would. eliminate di-
sease without damaging the milk.
He showed by means of charts and
slides the results OF epidemics in
other cities. where the origin was
traced TO diseased COWS.
The New York authority 10y means
OF hts slides showed the futility OF
using cheese cloth strainers for the
purpose OF eliminating hacte ia The
mesh provides an exceptionally fine
hiding place for bacteria. ne pointed
out. while the only thing the strain
ers do Is 20 remove visible dirt
The speaker. in opening his lee
ture. complmented the city on its
clean milk supply stations and also
the cleanliness Of the dairy barns i'm
the rural districts This he said.
was not matter upon which too
much could be relied. as ut any time
an epidemic OF tonsilits scarlet
fever or something else. might
break out. and at present the city is
without adequate means of deter
mining whether a diseased herd
might be responsible.
In expound'uE his ides OF no cents
per quart milk, Or North said.
Advocates tO-Ceut Milk.
In all my experience. I am firmly
convinced that clean milk the kind
that IS as clean as 10 ought to be
free from dirt. free from excessive
bacteria, free from germs. cannot be
produced at "a profit for the dairy
man. the supply house and the re-
taller for less than 10 cents a quart
IN the. department of health stands
behind this milk. attaches its labeI
certifying 90 its quality. and i'm order
TO confirm with the standard set by
the city health officers. the milk is
clarified and pasteurized by the pro-
Queer or middle man. there must Doe
additional expenses borne. But
when you have secured this milk
you knox that the health OF your
ba bies is safeguarded and that the
milk IS the best that can be secured