Milford chronicle., 1920-07-09
STATE PROHIBITS
TUBERCULIN MILK
BOARD OF HEALTH PASSES RESOLUTION
F0RBIDDING SELLING PRODUCTS
OF DISEASED COWS.
CARRIES A FINE OF $500
WILL RESTRICT THE PRACTICE OF MID
WIFERY CONDEMN WATER SUPPLY
OF TOWNS.

Only raw milk from cows that
have successfully passed the tuber-
culin test will be permitted to be
sold in Wilmington and the State
in the near future as the result of a
resolution adopted last week at the
quarterly meeting of the State Board
of Health, held at the Hotel dupont
While no specific date was set for
the measure to become operative, il
provides that applications for tuber-
culin tests must be received by the
first of August
At the recent special session OF
the Legislature a bill was passed
cOmpensating owners of cattle for
any losses through condemnation be-
cause of tuberculosis. 1t was for the
purpose of giving impetus to the en-
forcement of the act that last week S
action was inspired.
While August / was specified as the
date upon which all applications fC=
tuberculin tests must be filed with the
State Livestock Sanitary Board this
will not necessarily mean any great
interference with Wilmington's milk
supply. as the State Health Board full
ly realizes that the magnitude of the
task makes it a physical impossibility
to complete it by that time.
Milk Cannot BE Sold
The resolution follows:
Resolved. That on and after Au-
gust l. 1920. no milk or cream shall
be sold. offered for sale or delivered
in the State of Delaware % unless it
is pasteurized according to the regu-
latiOns Ofthis Board. or (2) unless it
is obtained from cows that have sue
cessfully passed the tuberculin test
within one year, such test being made
according to the rules and regula-
tiOns of the State Livestock Sanitary
Board, or of the n-remOvable ear
tags and the records being filed with
the State Livestock Sanitary Board;
provided. that no penalty for violation
of this regulation shall be incurred in
any case in which the owner of the
herd has filed with the State Live
stock Sanitary Board a written appli-
cation for such a test before the date
when such a test was due, and be it
further
Resolved. That any person who
violates any of the regulations above
set forth shall upon conviction there
of be fined not less than five nor
more than twenty-five dollars with
costs. and eachday during which a
violation of these regulations shall be
allowed to continue shall be deemed
to be separate and distinct Offense."
Resolutions were also passed pro-
viding that on and after August /, no
person other than a duly licensed
shall practice midwifery in
the State unless duly licensed by the
State Board of Health. Licenses shall
be issued from year 10 year and can
be terminated on grounds of incompe-
tency. failure to report births. etc. II
further provides that any midwife
who refuses to permit trained nurse
10 be present at child births shall
have her license revoked.
According to Chester II. Wells.
State Health Commissioner, the reso-
ution was passed to enable the edu- I
,atiOn Of those at present practicing
as an infant-like conserva- 1
ion proposition
'OndemnS Water Supply
In a lengthy review on the water
supplies of Wilmington, New Castle, (
'ownsend. Lewes, Harrington, 4
Georgetown, Delmar and Clayton. the .
Tune bulletin of the State Board of .
Health comments upon the reports of 1
he Federal authorities recently pub
ished in the newspapers. It says that
supply is pure when de-
ivered to the consumer.
Relative to the water supply of
Jew Castle, the bulletin states that
he towns water is obtained from
riven wells and the NOnsuch creek.
he supply from the latter is said to
e unfit for domestic use, however.
he crude chlorinating plant. accord
lg to the report. has not been used
Or six months. In conclusion it is
tated that no analysis was necessary
, condemn this supply.
The Townsend water supply is con-
emned and the railroads not allowed
use any of the supply on their
rains. The same action was taken
y the reuerai authorities relative TO
le Harrington supply.
The analysis showed pollution in
le Georgetown supply and the rail-
Dad companies were forbidden to
Sc water from this place on trains.
Temporary certificates were allow
the railroads to water their trains
n passengers use in the case of
layton and Delmar. although COM
aint was made in both cases of the
ose proximity of cesspools to the
ellis from which the water is OBJ :
ined. {