Smyrna times., 1924-07-30
NJ CONDITIONS IN STATE
.I5 .FI5IIREI TO Be UNHEALTHY
~ ALARMING DEGREE BUT
y, ,,cl ~ FAN AND UNSANITARY
linn rabratOry Workers Declare
lg''l"S y, md Sussex Counties Worse
a5l' ~. NJ Now Castle for Dirty Milk

..lug LabratOry WOrheis DNOi"ie
'"S s,J Sussex Counties Worse
l1l' Ts., Ne New Castle for Dirty Milk
in'r r.syeling Laboratory Of the
la5 is.,n Health Association, which
'li''1 l''- making milk tests in con-
y. s- with the State Board OF
.es ..s' throughout the State, COM
al..a S.l1 4, ,illTof work late last week, when
& ~ '..a.inJed n, its tests Of New Castle
.,r .s,' The representative Of the
1.Is I'M laboratory in addressing the
l.1.'r 4 rraJucers at the State LabOra-
=, = emitted that the milk as a
N N. far the entire State was 'the
..ise ~ that he had encountered" in
4 Il tbe states in which tests had
I, held This, no doubt, explains
1. ,sason for the high infant mortal
delaware, which, at the present
Y. & the seventh highest in the
IAN It is high time that the pub
l. interest themselves in this matter
Asr own milk supply, for rural
i.,rare is largely AnglO-SaxOn and
I'M intelligent in the understanding
matters Of public health than those
ats having a larger farming pOpu-
4im Of foreign descent, it was
,srtsd out. The general character
\ he milk supply Of New Castle
sntv was found to be far ahead of
N Of Kent and Sussex counties,
s from the point of view of bac-
bal count and general cleanliness.
Istsr care has been taken by the
tiEmen in the proper cooling of
IN and consequently a lowering of
\ possible disease germs has result
Those dairies in and around
EEark show the highest tests of any
New Castle county, due to the ac-
tTtss Of local authorities as well as
d State laboratory in their insist
ne on the highest possible grade of
! rk Obtainable. For one and a half
'zE the closest supervision has been
amed on by the authorities with
Hhst satisfactory results. If these
asSults can be obtained in Newark,
Esy can be equally as well obtained
every section Of the State, it was
isztained.
ddress To Dairymen On Tuberculin
At a meeting held Saturday DR..
iahr 7. Davis, executive secretary
the State Board of Health, and r.
Beckett, State Sanitary Engineer,
aEsssed representative dairymen of
'R Castle county on the matter of
zEng their herds tested for tuber-
alazs. Dr.. Davis stated that it was
most vital matter and that the cows
l'A be tested and contracts signed
pa Federal agents for the certifica-
Of herds in the shortest possible
I' Similar meetings were held in
'-s1 and Kent counties on the same
-l1e at the conclusion of the milk
ss made in each county. Results
ne tests made in each county have
a recorded in large charts by the
'4e Board Of Health and will be
t...a /. IN each town of each county in
-a tests were made in a conspicu-
pace where the public may in
.sl themselves as to the quality of
y they are consuming. These
..lS show three different types of
.@% FIRST, that Of visible dirt. in
-g accumulated dirt, manures
~, 1alis' the greater part of which
M .-a nave been removed from the
= 'y proper straining. The second
y " Cl tests shows bacterial count
'uOe centemeter or the number
m 9''.eIla to every fifteen drops of
Inc third type shows the num-
NJ. y coli bacteria, filth germs),
,,.sl'. .s This denotes the presence
I.,nce Of organisms always found
s+r- ll.dn or animal waste. Positive
So -a, con denotes that bacillus has
E',5 ,Ia !. llto the milk supply and is
sF,i y De present where the bac-
! "a coli is marked in red.
a'i' >, Leave Delaware for Michigan
!, ~laad y 4 D. Herdman, milk inspec-
d !. t...l .le State Laboratory, made all
49,. W. IN the recent Statewide in
sn' A. The Travelling Laboratory
t,ti,. M american Child Welfare AS
0ssDosas, under the direction of c. F.
d nan ~. will next inspect daires in