The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-06
HEALTH SCHOOL
Pennsylvania State Department
Of Health.
Questions,
MILK

forth to an open-mouthed group Of
loungers. I'VE may talk as We please
about pasteurlzed milk, We can't have
It in winter time fur there's no paster
fer the cows to eat. An | leave 1t to
Doc. George over there If 1t amt So"
Il am afraid Mr.. Brown has misun-
derstood," smiled the Doctor. 1.-THE
word 'Pasteurlze' has no relation to
grass or meadows, but has reference
to certain treatment of milk that
was advised by celebrated scientist,
named Pasteur, who discovered that
If milk were heated to las degrees
and kept at that temperature for a
half hour, disease germs 1t might con-
tain would be rendered harmless,
while the food value of the milk would
not be lessened."
well I'll swan" said Eph.
The doctor added, "To be of value,
pasteurization should be done soon
after milking. Germs multiply rapidly
and throw off poisons called toxins.
Late pasteurization, while 1t destroys
the germs, does not destroy the tox-
MS puNh LiAih 10 llOl BOOd lOI any
person and is particularly unsafe for
babies"
Eph Interrupted, "Say, Doc, I've
raised children and grandchildren, and
none of EN- ever had pasteurized milk,
as you call It,"
THAT shows what strong children
can stand, but 1t Is no argument
against making milk safe.
"0ver in Blain township there was
a farmer who kept a few cows and
peddled milk in Averageton, four miles
away. He didn't groom his cows, he
didn't wipe their udders with damp
cloth before milking, and he did not
pasteurize his milk. He regarded such
practices as new tangled foolishness.
zone hot summer day his grandchild
took suddenly sick. When the doctor
came, he said, bad milk AS he pick
SovU SUR
den twirl, numerous specks were seen
moving about the bottom.
1.-THE grandfather was hard to con-
vince, but when the laboratory report
showed an extraordinary high num-
bCA VI SCl anu NHCl a uOL-
en- other babies along his route sick
ened, he believed He told me the
other day that 1t almost cost the life
of his grandchild to convince him, but
you should see his place now. Clean
cows, which have been tested for tu-
berculosis; clean stable; clean hands
for mixers; clean buckets and pans,
always cleansed in boiling water or
by steam; a small pasteurization
plant; clean milk bottles and clean
caps. After the milk has been pas
teurized 1t Is kept at low tempera-
ture"
DR.. George went on his way, but he
had sown seed in fertile ground.
Eph Brown started Immediately on
a campaign of education-his methods
were neither diplomatic nor elegant,
but he kept at 1t. Ii wasn't long I'M
til the whole community was talking
milk. The Woman's Club, composed
largely OF young mothers, called a
meeting and invited an expert to
speak to them.
He told them the food value of milk
was greater in proportion to Its cost
than anything they could buy. That
housewives usually measure the food
value by the depth Of the cream line
on the bottle. This he said, was un-
reliable in milk that has been pasteu-
rized, but is of some value in raw or
untreated milk.
State laws regulate the amount of
cream or fat In milk and prohibit the
use of adulterants.
Every town." he said, has the
power to pass ordinances requiring
milk men, not only to have a license
TO sell their product, but to conform
to the sanitary regulations concerning
the handling Of milk, which have been
laid down by the State Department of
Health.
Typhoid fever, diphtheria, scarlet
fever, and other diseases may be
transmitted through milk, which has
been infected either from the hands
of the mixers, from flies, from the
water used in cleansing utensils and
in numerous other ways. The remedy
10 iltCiiIStHl SupclN iSlDIlg lIlt enforce
ment Of the milk ordinances, which
includes, of course. pasteurization to
destroy the germs"
He advised the appointment of a
live committee to supervise the milk
situation of the community and to
make sure of the enforcement of the
laws which were made for the protec-
ton Of the people.
He spoke of the nutritIonal value of
milk products such as butter, cheese,
and ice cream, and advised a pint, or
more, of clean. wholesome milk daily,
for each growing child.
Public interest did not cease with
the close of the meeting. The COM
mlttee appointed were active and on
the job. The babies Of Greensward
are going TO have chance, and 1t all
came about because old Eph Brown
thought cows on pasture gave pasteu-
rized milk.