The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-06-17
ENFORCE CITY's MILK
LICENSE ORDINANCE,
SAYSKEALTh OFFICER


Dr. Hlce, mason county fedith VI
ficer this afternoon issued the follow
ing statement:
In September 1917, the City Council
unanimously passed an ordinance to
regulate the delivery and sale of milk
and milk products in Maysville. This
was a splendid ordinance from the
standpoint Of giving to the city a sup
ply of milk, which would contain the
proper elements for nutrition, be clean
and safe from a sanitary standpoint.
During the year 1918 this ordinance
went evidently out Of fashion, no milk
licenses were issued and hence no con-
troll or supervision of the milk con-
sumed in Maysville. At the present
time no one knows who is selling milk
in Maysville, where it is being pro-
duced or how 1t is being handled.
Milk is one of the best food products
used by human beings and contains
those constituents which are especial
ly valuable for children and babies.
On the other hand 1t is dangerous
food unless properly handled and de-
livered to the consumer a pure pro-
duct Milk is easily contaminated by
filth and disease germs and is known
spreader of diseases like typhoid fever
and the summer complaints of chill
dren and babies. Within the past three
weeks a case diagnosed as typhoid
fever in this county was investigated
by the Health Department. On visit
ing this family it was learned that the
patient, was living in surroundings
that were not too sanitary. There
was no privy on the place, but COWS
were kept and MIXED by this family
and the cream sold in Maysville. Many
epidemics of disease have started in
places like this one.
There is no reason why the people
of Maysville should not have a safe
and wholesome supply of milk, but in
order to attain this end, it is necessary
that this ordinance be put in effect
and continued So In order to have
safe milk for consumption 1t Is ne
cessary to have control of the supply
and to get this control it is necessary
to know who is selling and delivering
it. The ordinance covers this point by
| requiring all milk dealers to have a
license. SECTION 1. "No person shall
bring into the City of Maysville for
sale, or shall sell or offer for sale
any milk or cream, skim milk or but
ter-milk intended for human con-
sumption without a permit or license
issued by the Mayor so to do" BY
laboratory examination and the in
spection Of the milk and the diaries il
is easy to determine where the best
and the worst milk is coming from
The people of Maysville want the best
of everything and to have the best and
purest milk possible 1t is necessary to
know under what conditions it Is be-
ing produced and what it shows on ex-
animation. 1t is the duty of the Health
Department to furnish this informa-
ton.
Every man is proud Of the goods he
is producing or selling, stands back
of them and wants them to be the best
on the market and this holds true OF
the Dairyman and the milk dealer
This ordinance was framed and passed
so that the Health Department would
be help to these men to put out a
first-class product. The Health De-
partment does not want to dictate to
the milk men, but to cooperate with
them for the improvement of their
product.
This milk ordinance is supposed to
be in effect now, but 1t is not The
Health Department to protect the pub
lie health asks that 1t be put In effect
Immediately and will DO its part in
making it do so. Licenses are to be
obtained from the Mayor before the
first of July 1919 for the year 1919 and
the Health Department will begin the
first of July to make inspections ant
investigations as required by this or.
dinance.
The first step for the milk dealers
and producers is to obtain their IL
censes before July first and conduc
their business as nearly as possible
in accordance with this ordinance.
The first step for the citizens of tn,
city is to take an interest in the mill
they are using by finding out II thei
Dairyman has license to sell milk.
An all together pull Of the Milkmen
the citizens Of Maysville and tn,
Health Department will produce ;
milk supply that will be safe. sanitar.
and contain the proper nutritive ele
ments.
Anyone caring to see this ordinanc
the original will be found In the May
ors Office and copy in the Office o
the Health Department