The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-28
New Inquiry Into Dairy Will Be Made, Now, By City's Health Officer, Following Report From State Bac- astrological Laboratory on Milk Supply From Milford Farm.

Dr. E. A. Mcclellan, health officer of Bridgeport. whose inspectors reported to him last week that the herd of cows at Beaver Brook Dairy, Milford, were free from infection that might result in the g1andular diseases that have been fatal in Bridgeport, today issued orders for another inspection of the herd.
 His order followed telephone conn Imunication from George E. HfH, health officer of Fairfield county. Mir. Hiu had been in communication with pr. E. IT, Conn, who has charge of the Connecticut bactertoIogicaI 1abOra-
 Dr. Conn's report was published in Associated Press despatches last night. It was to the effect that sam Iples of milk sent from this vicinity had been examined and found to i'm dicate the presence of streptococci.
 Dr. Conn, the Beaver Brook Dairy and others in interest today freely criticized the Bridgeport health au- ithorities for the situation that has re- suited. The examination by the Bridgeport officials last week resulted in announcement that tthe health de- kpartment had given a clean bill of lheaIth to the Milford farm Now lthe Milford farm has refused to sell more milk, until the whole situati on lqlas been gone over and there is abso- l1utely no danger or disease rom the luse of their milk supply.
 The Beaver Brook farm takes the attitude that the safeguards for the public, fin every instance, up to date. have been given through their own initiative, while the Bridgeport health authorities have failed to meet the emergencies.
 Dr. Mcclellan, defending the city sdepartment. again points out the lack an emergency, here, and emphasizes the need of a municipal presentation plant, which he declares would fore stall danger of any such disease as now prevails here. if it should have it's inception in the milk supply. He contrasts the federal and city inspec- ton of meat, even in it's cooked state, 10 the lack of such supervision over the milk supply which in it's raw state is an even readier carrier of disease germs. There is no laboratory here, he says, equipped to make pathological examinations of milk. Well known bacterioIogists agree with his attitude, arguing that the presence of disease laden germs, menacing human beings is most difficult of detection.
 Three new deaths are added to the list of those due to g1andular infec- ton. They are:
 Mrs. F. Oscar Perry, Milford,
 who died on Saturday.
 An infant grandchild of Mrs.
 Perry. who died yesterday.
 Mrs w. P. Grippin, Devon, who
 died last night.
 Although it was reported yesterday that samples of sputpm of employees ot ithe dairy had been sent to Mfddletown for examination, Dr. Conn, on the tele- phone today told the Farmer that nc such samples had been received there He adds that he never has received di- rectIy from the Bridgeport autheri- ties any milk samples in the recent in vestigation All his business was done directly with the officials of the Beaver Brook farm.
 s pr. Conn says:
 ''I received two, samples of mixed milk from the Beaver Brook farm They were not sent to me by the Bridgeport board of health, but brought to me by farm employees. Ex- jamination of that milk rendered them lEuspicfous I reported to them that fthe milk should be Dasteurized before it was sold and that steps should be taken to examine the cows and see ii trouble did not exist in an individual COW.
 ssThe smears understand were talk en from employees at the Beaver Brook farm yesterday have not reached me It will take several days to culture them wAen received before accurate report aA be made.
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