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

not always be relied on. the plant
might become incapacitated and If
even Tor one day only. unpleasant re-
suits might follow the consumption
OF a se% Thousand gallons Of unpas-
tcnTized nHls from lot OF diseased
COWS. J will. therefore. ask YOU gen
tleme1t sinsly. as practising plysi-
clans as we'll 80 through your organ.
izations. to help me in ayerting what
J believe would be very poor poll
~ on the part OF the daiFynen and
far from their own interests. 4 sick
COW cannot furnish ire same quantity
Of milk az a healthy one. and | am
sure that most II your patients would
prefer mix from healthy COWS 10
that rom tuberculogs animals. even
If rendered inOcuOus by DasteuTiza-
ton TO terminate the efforts of the
Board u Asricalture and Forestry at
era iicating bovine tuberculosis at the
pre- ent time when a large majority
OF the diseased animals have already
been lisp0sed Of, aud the possibility
OF their Transmitting a fatal disease
10 the children. whose welfare il is
orr solemn daty TO i.rotect. can be
viewed My as n step in the wrong d.
rectioa. And what Of the 40 or 50
dairymen who nave already cleaned
their herds OF tubercnlous animals?
A bar wire fence is poor protec-
ton against the baby infected tpber
culouS herd of next door neighb0r.
And the many so-called family
cows, some OF which, IL 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
woull be 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 discrimination amounts TO,
Would it not DC 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 to get Just that
and nothing else. Plsteurization and
Qualification are excellent adjuncts to
Safeguard the consumer against milk
borne diseases. but they should never
be used IS excuses for continuing a
few diseased cows in otherwise
healthy herds, as little as for filthy
methods and dirty utensils
AS / 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
DIR. c. b. Wood: ''Mr. Chairman. |
move that a copy of Dir Norgaards
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"
Dr. w. c. Hobby: Il move to amend
DR.. Woods motion by adding the
words: With the Endorsement of this
society =
DR.. 9. B. Wood: Amendment ac-
copied"
DR.. A. y. Sinclair: 4 move to
amend the amended motion by add
ing AMI that copy of DR.. Norgaard' s
paper &c sent also to the governor,
the president Of the cenate and the
speaker Of the house of representa-
tives, ard that the secretary be in
Structed to memorabilia these gentle
men that any legislative or other ac-
ton in any way unfavorable or OBJ
structiye to the board of agriculture S
efforts at eradieatine bovine tubercn-
losis, will be viewed by this society
as unwiae and contrary to the welfare
of the community, and that a copy of
this resolution be forwarded TO he
president of the board of health.
The resolutions committee, com
POSED af Drs. III. V. Murray and A. y.
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 |
ut the coming session of the legisla-
ture OF Hawaii to abolish the testing
of dairy cows with tubercnlin. and
the exclusion of such cows as are
found TO inferred with tuberculosis
from dairy herds, and
Whereas it would be immensely Diet
rimental and dangerous to the health |
of the community to substitute any
other means to prevent the spread of |
from milk, be it hereby |
Resolved: That it is the sense OF |
this society that the present rules
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 |
be entertained as substi |
tute for such testing and exclusion, |
and be il further
Resolved: That a copy of this reso-
luton De sent to the president of the
senate, the speaker of the house, and |