The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-09-07
PURE MILK
CAMPAIGN TO
BE LAUNCHED
Examination to be Made in
Several Cities in North Da-
kOta in Near Future
OUTSIDE BUREAU HELPS

A statewide pure milk campaign
will be launched in North Dakotu
about October l, with the American
Child Health Association assisting
the state health department., DR.. A
A. Whittemore, state health officer
announced today. Another cafhpsigt
with the aid Of the same organizatio1 :
will be made to obtain a better regis.
tration of birth and death certifi.
Gates.
- The child health association will
send into North Dakota a complete
field laboratory and scientific per.
sonnel and a house to house cam
paign to obtain samples of milk for
both chemical and meteorological ex-
animation will be made covering q
period Of about six weeks. All Of the
larger cities will be covered and many
Of the smaller towns, DR.. Whittemore
said. The results of the examination
of the milk furnished by various
agencies will be given to local au-
thorities and also published, he add
ed.
Two or three experts will be sent
into the state by the child health
association to hold meetings with
physicians and various officials, tc
impress upon them the desirability
of better birth registration in the
state. The Importance of the regis
trat. on certificates in compiling vital
statistics, and the important bearing
it has on general health work, will
be emphasized.
Arrangements for this cooperative
work were made by DR.. Whittcmorc
in conference with DR.. S. J. Crumbie
former state health officer of Kansas
and now with the American Child
Health Association.
Invitation to Cities
Governor Nestos is in receipt of
an invitation which, in the interests
of a better milk supply, he is pass
ing on to- the mayors of the cities
of this state, proposing that the chief
inspector or chemist of each munich
pality's dairy inspection staff hc sent
to the Worlds Dairy Congress. Thir-
ty-nine nations have notified our
state department that they will be
represented at the Congress sessions
and about two hundred men and
women who have attained preemi.
nence in the production, manufac-
ture, distribution and use in human
feeding of milk and milk products
will speak. Emphasis will be laid on
the most modern and effective means
of guarding the milk supplies Of
cities. The sessions will be held al
Washington, d. C. on October 2 and
3, at Philadelphia, Pa, on Octobe:
4, and at Syracuse, N. Y. from Octo-
ber to 10 in cooperation with the
National Dairy Exposition where in.
spectors will have an opportunity to
see the latest improvements in pas
teurization and matchmaking ma
chinery.
The International Association OF
Dairy and Milk Inspectors will hold
it's annual meeting at Washington
from September 2S to October 1 and
will adjourn; to attend the sessions
Of the Congress. The governor points
out that, Notwithstanding the eff
cheney Of the milk inspection services
Of the cities Of this state, it would
materially contribute to their i'm.
provement If the chief inspector o.
chemist Of, each city could attend
these important meetings and bring
back to his municipality the latest
developments in the field Of govern.
mental control.