Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-23
BETTER MILK
ACTION TAKEN
New Tests Will Mean Higher
Quality Milk for Local
Consumption
n r 10 IInkInDEn
Dill rs is H0N0RED
Retiring Vice President Has
Served Nine Years as a
Health Commissioner

A new test for the purpose of as
certaining the presence of manurial
pollution in milk in order that u
better supply might be secured by
local dealers was explained before
the Health Board by Health Officer
| Thompson at their meeting last night
| in the city hall, and approved by the
members.
| The new test, as explained by DIR.
| Charles S. Thompson, the Health
| Officer, consists in the placing of a
sample of a dealers milk in each OF
five test tubes. Liquid parafin is then
poured into the substance which
readily comes to the surface and
forms an alright seal. The tubes
are then placed in incubation for
three days, after which they are ex-
amined. AT this time If the parafin
seal in two of the tubes is raised
| above the surface of the milk, man.
urial pollution is present, and the
| space between the surface of the
milk and the parafin contains gas.
! This condition of the raised parafin
must be present in at least two of
the tubes in order that the milk be
condemned. the health officer eN-
| planned. He further stated that the
same test was being practised in
many other cities and has been ap-
proved by many health departments
| throughout the state. This test VIA
| first started in this city about May
| IA.
The resignation of Miss Marion H.
| Chiger, dentist at the local clinic,
! saying that she was forced to aban-
! don her position owing to a recent
operation, was received last night
and turned over to the clinic COM
mittee to act on extension of the
| date for Miss Chiger's resignation. In
| her letter to the board Miss Chiger
stated that If it was the wish of the
| health board she would continue her
| duties until the termination of the
! school year, but set her dismissal
date at June Is. Owing to the ia ct
! that the schools do not close befor
| June % the clinic committee will
make an effort to have Miss Chiger
remain at her duties for the extra
| two weeks.
| Two milk and eleven ice cream Ii
censes we're granted to various appli-
cants last night, while twelve final
| certificates for plum ling were grant
/ ed. One barber's license was grant
/ ed.
- wac uNtAdto llidl INT dNGIdEH
analysis of milk furnished by local
milk dealers from the first of the
year be taken and published, and
| that hereafter once every three
months an average analysis of each
dealers milk be taken and published
in the Perth Amboy Evening News.
| Following the business session of
last nights meeting the members of
the board rendered a. farewell trib-
ute to Edward H. Dilts, vice-presi-
dent, who is about to leave the
board and take up duties with the
| Water Department.
| In return for the tribute Mr.. Dilts
stated that he assured every men,
ber of the board his sincere thanks
/ for all they had done for him dur
| ing his time of membership. He said
that he had always tried to do his
/ best in aiding the workings of the
departm and added that his only
reason for resigning was that he
wanted to devote his entire time to
| the work of the Water Department.
The resigning member further stat
ed that if at any time he could fur
nish assistance to the present board
| he would only be too glad to do so.
Mr.. Dilts has been a member of the
Health Board for almost nine years.