The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-26
MILK TANKS To
Be ELIMINATED
NEW HEALTH oRDMAECE NFFEC.
TIVE JULY lST, REQUIRES
THAT ALL MILK BE SOLD
FROM BOTTLES.
Health Commissioner 10 Preparing Pla'
cards to be Distributed Explain
ing New Provisions.

Or. j. E. Marschncr. city health COM
missioner. is mseing a thorough study
Of the City'S new health ordinance. Tho
ordinance becomes effective July !. II
contains a number Of new provisions.
some Of which the general public is not
familiar with. The health commission
err however. expects to make an active
campaign of education to acquaint those
concerned with new provisions which
must be complied with.
For the first time. the health depart
ment is required BY ordinance to collect
a fee Of IS for each permit issued 10
sell m Tx in the city. The fec goes into
the ci.y treasury. Permits. without tho
payment Of a fec. were issued by the
| health commissioner under the old ordi-
nance
Enforcement Of Section 20 of the new
! ordinance will mean the elimination OF
milk tanks from milk depots. restGu-
| rants and the wagons or milk dealers.
| Under this section II is unlawful 10 sell
SKINNED milk without conspicuous
label being displayed on the vessel from
which it is sold. In discussing this Sec
: ton with an IntellgcnCcr reporter, Dr.
q MarSchncr holds that the use OF milk
| tanks possibly without willful intention
! on the part of milk dealers and restau-
! rant keepers. defeats the purpose OF the
! law. Their use will be abolished. DR..
Marschncr said. and after July | tho
sale Of milk in bottles onyl. will be per-
: mitted.
! For instance" Or. Narschner said:
take one Of the large milk tanks you
sec in some Of our restaurants II is
| true that whole mix may. and probably
! is placed in this tank. But you will I'M
derstand that the cream rises to the top
! of the tank. The milk is drawn from
| the bottom Of the tank always. In this
way. until the tank is nearly empty,
| consumers Of milk get none OF the
cream. Those who get the last out OF
the tank get almost pure cream. The
| same is true in the milk depots and milk
| wagons. To enforc" this law. we must
stop the use of milk tanks. and only
bottled milk will be sold IN Wheeling"
| After October ]. it will be unlawful
under the new ordinance to sell any milk
or cream in Wheeling. other than pas
! teurlzcd milk or cream unless II comes
| from cows tested for tuberculosis and
| found TO be free from tuberculosis; un-
less II shall contain not more than l0o,-
| 900 bacteria per cubic ccntimetcr, and
unless II shall have been produced on
farms that have scored so per cent on
the United States government dairy
score card.
The health commission Is preparing
placards TO be distributed about the
city. calling attention TO the garbage
disposal features OF the new ordinance.
One important change is that requiring
| garbage TO be separated from paper tin
cans, broken glass and other matter or
! that nature. Tho city's contract with
the owners Of ,he piggery make the sep
aration necessary.
Householdcrs. hotel keepers and shop
keepers will be required to maintain
portable cans or tanks, or metallic con-
struction. with covers. for garbage. They
must be water tight. and sufficient In
number 10 care for garbage accumula-
tions for one week.
Another aturc Of the ordinance to
which the commissioner will devote his
attention is that forbdding. after July
|. the crowding Of tenement houses.
lodging houses or boarding houses. En-
forccmcnt Of this part Of tho ordinance
il Is expected. will materially reduce
ovcrcrowdcd unhcalthful conditions IN
In many houses occupied by foreign
families. Tho ordinance authorizes me
! Commissioner 10 reduce the population
Of such overcrowdcd buildings until
there is a floor space Of fifty cubic feet
! nor person and Sn0 cubic feet OF air
space 10 each occupant.
The health commissioner announced
his intention Of enforcing strictly sec
ton Of tho ordinance requiring that no
hrcsd he marketed in the city unless 1t
be wrapped. :,
The section covering barber shops Will
hc another To receive attention at tho
commissioners hands. nr. Marschner
said that all shops must install and use
stcrilizcrs, and that tho practice OF con-
Quoting combination shops. such as com.
hinod barber shops and pool rooms ana
barber shops and cigar stands VIII De
Il discontinued.