The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-07
MUST PASTEURZE
WORLDS MILK
Nathan Strauss Tells of His
Battle to Save the
Babies
GERMS IN MILK
KILL 65, 29S A YEAR
Not a Child Using Pasteurized MIX
To0k Infantiie Paralysis During 1916
observation-disclosures PasteuriZer Is Avail
abIe-OppOsitiOn Encountered.

Epidemic-HOmea PaSteurILer Is ANVIL
abIe-OppOsitiOn Encountered
i LONDON, July IA paper by Nathan
Straus of New York, dealing with the I'M
provement of infant health conditions
through the use of pasteurized milk, was
read by DIR. s. G. H. Moore health officer
of Huddersfield, at the conference on in
FAINT welfare held here yesterday under
the patronage of the King and Queen.
Mr. Strauss paper stated that 1t was
his original purpose, when the milk cam
Ipaign was inaugurated in 1872, to check
the ravages from summer complaint which
attacked infants in their second summer.
;, At that time, Mr.. Straus asserted,
large PERCENTAGE of children succumbed
from intestinal trouble in their second
summer when the change was made from
mothers milk to the infected milk OF
the cow.
Baby Deaths in America.
/ "Of / .347.OS9 deaths in the United
States in 1914, 27S,52O were of babies
under two years and 63.29S of these
deaths were from intestinal disorders
mainly infectious diseases due to germs
conveyed in milk, Mr.. Strauss paper
stated.
AS the germ theory became the subject
| of extensive scientific research it became
evident that germs caused other diseases
| in addition to tuberculosis and intestinal
poison.
Typhoid, scarlet. diphtheria. sceptic
sore throat and measles, all these diseases
were found to be caused by germs in
milk.
There are records of numerous cpl
denies where it was officially established
that the milk supply had been the car
'rier of the germs. The most striking Of
ali was my experience during the infantile
paralysis epidemic which Scourged New
York during the summer of 1916. Of
2100 children who were entirely fed on
the pasteurized milk prepared at my
! Laboratory not single case of the disease
developed When this fact became known,
I was beseged by frantic mothers for in
formation"
Growth of Milk DepOts.
Mr.. Straus advised these inqUirers to
use paSteurTZed milk or to boil it if they
were unable to obtain milk SO treated.
He told of the establishment of his milk
depOtS in various parts of New York city
where trained attendants advised the
mothers in the care of infants. The ex-
tent to which his pioneer work had been
followed was shown in the paper by the
fact that 100 infant milk depots had been
established in New York, % in Philadel-
phia, 20 in Chicago and II in st Louis.
: Altogether in the United States. Mr.
Strauss said, 297 such stations are dis
/ tributed in SO cities.
BY this means milk at one cent large
glass. free from any possible infection. -
was brought within the reach of children.
In some summers 100000 glasses were
i dispensed through these stations.
Pasteurizers at Cost.
I To enable people who desired to pas
teurize milk for their own use he devised
a pasteurizer that could be used in the
homes and sold them at cost or gave them
to those who could not afford to pay. He
presented a complete pasteurizing plant
J to the city of Philadelphia and quoted
/. figures showing the reduction of infant
mortality which ensued.
! Mr.. Strauss told of the opposition
which. he asserted. arose from the selfish
mess and ignorance of dairymen and milk
dealers end said it was an inCeSSant fight
to compel them to pasteurize their milk
: All his social work. whether in propa
ganda fer paStpurizatiOn or in his health
y department in Jerusalem, was open to all
Il The milk was provided without distinc
ton of race, religion or color.
! Concluding. he stated: Il have the
satisfaction of worldwide recognition OF
the Importance of putting an end to the
D criminal and unnecessary waste of Chile
: life through milk poisoning.
'PasteuriZation must become a world
wide movements movement that viii
prevent disease-that viii keep the babie,
L in health-that will gladden. the heart,
, of mothers. that will make this worlt
healthier, happier, better"