Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-12-20
EARNEST FOR
SAFE MIL SUPPLY
Fridays Meeting Results u Pro-
posal For More Stringent
Milk Ordinance ].

DR.. r. w. Archibald, bacteriologist
with the> State Board Of Health, as
sisted by Mr.. Macy Of the State Ag-*
ricultural School, gave an illustrated
talk on pure milk and its Importance
to the health Of consumers last Friday
evening at the Masonic building.
Eight or nine milkmen, members Of 1
the city council and a number of 9TH
er people were present. It would
have been well if more Of our. peo-
pie could have heard the talks. Will
mars milk ordinance is considered
deficient in some essential points, and
this meeting was asked for by the
Civic Club, Commercial Club, mem
bers Of the city administration and
others, in order r7to create sentiment
in favor Of safeguarding more close
ly the milk supply Of the city, by an
ordinance more stringent in its pro-
visions. .
DR.. Archibald showed that fully
one-third of all cases Of tuberculosis
can be traced to the milk supply, for
the bacteria originating from the bo-
vines can easily be recognized in the
human victims. Epid enicsI Of typhoid,
Of scarlet fever, diphtheria and other
throat epidemics, have also been
traced to the milk supply. The sim
plest way to insure a safe milk, DR..
Archibald said, was to pasteurize the
milk, as all these germs are killed by
raising temperature of the milk to
145 degrees, while no changes take
place in. the milk until heated to 1870
degrees or more. s. ss$S...s.s.
The greatest menace Of all is that
of tuberculosis, and that may be re-
duced by rigid inspection Of the
herds and elimination of affected
cows. It was urgently recommended
that all cows be inspected. In q large
herd the milk from affected cows
is diluted with milk from unaffected
cows, but in cases where milk is sold
! from one or two cows, the danger
4 becomes much greater to the children
who are regularly fed from the same,
if the cows are affected. The danger
: Of typhoid may be reduced by an ex-
: animation Of all who handle bottles
and milk to make sure that they are
not typhoid carriers. It has been dem
onstrated that persons otherwise
healthy may still be carriers Of typh-
old germs. --~@ss.
It is necessary that pasteurization'
be done by skilled workmen and sup
ervision of dairy inspector, who
would check daily the heat records of
the vats which is now automatically
recorded by devices accessible only
to the inspector.
At the close Of the talks, questions
were put and answered and the mat
ter was discussed by local Health
Officer DR.. j. M. Rains, Robert
Thompson and others. H.
A draft Of a milk ordinance as
!, recommended by the health authors
| ties and practically such as are now
in force in most Minnesota cities, was
!, handed to the city council, and at
Mondays meeting the same was re-
ferred to the city attorney for any
changes that may be required to
make it conform to our local home
rule charter. It will likely be given
its first reading at the next meeting
of the city council Jan. 9th. i.
> All dairy herds Of pure bred cat
tie are as rule inspected regularly,
Off the purchasers of such stock re-
: quire certificates showing them free
. from tuberculosis. Many grade
cows, however, are not inspected.
The milkmen present who expressed
! themselves at above meeting were
quite willing that rigid inspection be
: enforced.
MISSION CIRCLE OFFICERS