The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-14
BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS
AND BARRE'S DRIVE
DR.. A. ]. De Fosset Also Gave Example
of Family Supplied BY Tuber-
culosis Cow.

nevertheless it is a fact as shown by
records and statistics in my office that
approximately 10 per cent of our dairy
COWS in.Nermont are tuberculous. This
is also true of the dairy cows in other
states There are certain sections in
Vermont where probably a larger per-
centage of the cattle are tuberculous.
"a crusade against tuberculosis was
made in Barre year ago, when an or
dinance was passed by the local board
of health and in that cleanup 80 tuber
culous animals were shipped away from
Barre There were lG carloads Of tuber-
culous cattle supplying the homes Of
Barre with milk. In all herds contain
ing 4l5 cattle it was found that 500
per cent reacted to the test and were
found diseased on autopsy Eleven 9th
er lots showed 22.S per cent tuberculous.
In the entire shipment of tuberculous
cattle leaving Barre GO COWS had the
disease in a very advanced stage, Now,
tke question naturally arises. were
/ these cows a menace 10 public health
There is not another city in New
| England where the death rate i'll the
| human family, due to tuberculosis, is
so high as it is in Barre But Barre is
not the only city in Vermont where tu
| berculosis exists in the dairy COWS.
| What was found true with regards 10
the health and sanitary conditions in
those herds is also true OF herds sup
plying other towns with milk Barre
got busy, cleaned up its bad herds and
has to-day the safest and most health
full milk supply in the New England
states; also Barre has the distinction
of probably being the first city in the
United States having all of its herds
and cows supplying milk under state
and federal supervision The cows in
Barre We're all re-tested again month
ago, or a year from the date of the last |
test, and the herds are now free from
disease What Barre has done in Sc
curing a healthful supply OF milk for
its citizens can be done by any city if |
the citizens are determined to take /
steps in that direction.
1T is generally accepted by the medi- /
cal profession that bovine tuberculosis |
is transmissible TO the human. There Is |
much data on record which proves be. I
yond any possible doubt that the mill |
from a tubercuous COW may convey
the disease to a child The COW may b,
the picture of health from outward APP.
pearance and on post norton examina,
ton be found to have tuberculosis in an
advanced stage and was dangerous
spreader of diseases through the milk
and the excreta passing from her body
Tuberculosis is SO slow and nsidiouf
a.. 4.
may carry infection in its body for sey
eral years after contracting the disease
before il can be recognized or before
symptoms become apparent
There NAV be some cases contracted
in early childhood where the disease
will remain dormant until later years
Some cases will naturally be overcome
entirely by proper care and treatment
All cases of tuberculosis in children are
not from bovine origin but there i
large percentage Of eases in which the
bovine type of tubercle is found
"One of our leading psychologists is
DR.. William II. Park, director of the
research laboratories of the department
Of health OF New York City With him
IS associated DR. Krumwiede whose
knowledge and methods
are above reproach Doctors Park and :
[rumwiede have been making study
If the occurrence of bovine tubercle
bacilli not occasionally. but very fire.
luently. OF all the deaths that occurred
n children from tuberculosis they do
iot hesitate TO state that fully 10 per
'ent contracted the disease from the
)acilli that originated from the COW
They cultivated and studied the germs
rom many human sources from the tu-
,erculosis of the lungs, OF the lymph
lodes of the neck OF the lymph nodes
# the intestines, of the bones and
oints and of the membranes lining
he brain.
Il have at my Office record Of l6
antilles residing in Vermont in which
tuberculosis has afflicted one or more
lembers Of the family When the herds
wned by these families were tested
eayy infection was found. In some in.
tances the entire herd was condemned
inc does not permit to review each of
hese cases but | wish to go into detail
4 one case at least and endeavor to
oint out that without a doubt a tn
tAAuANuH WV ~ n lhhtitAtbNc utIu
IMPLYING milk for human consumption
dangerous.
One Case.
'The case I will mention i Of a fam
Y residing near Montpelier | will
itLbold the name OF this family for
svious reasons. They lived on a farm
years ago. The family at the time
insisted Of father. mother and five
lildrcn Of the following ages Boy six -
onths old bottle baby. boy three y
.ars, boy six years, girl 10 years and -
RI II years. They resided on this :
rm only one year The herd Of cat ~ y,
2, p in number, that was kept on The -
nm, did not appear very thrifty and ''I
IL father br,Vmc very suspicious :
me Of the cows coughed One was so
,orly She had To be helped up on her
ct frequently One cow in the herd
at appeared in good condition was
q. the family COW The children
got milk and drank il in a raw
att The COWS became very thin in
81 before the family lett the farm
,on afterward the herd was tubercu-
tested with the result that the en-
re herd reacted to she test. The cat
: were slaughtered 10y the state and
und badly diseased including the one =,
,kcd out a. the family cow.
Pour years after the family left the
rrm he rrfrl Who st-aE IN ,-,vr. ~ 49,.