Evening star., 1925-01-20
In TODAYS SPOTLIGHT
BY PAUL y. COLLINS.

fected from the udder of the COW,
where no indications Of disease could
be detected Hence he urges that ali
milk given to babies be treated with
heat, either in Irritation or boil
ing
For years there was a controversy
in scientific circles as to whether puI-
monary tuberculosis could be trans
mitted from cattle to humans DR.
william Haueck Park. most reIi-
able director of the Research Isabora-
tory or New York City, after testing
4S' cases reports that only three
adults We're found to have been SO In
fected from bovine pulmonary tuber-
cuIosls, but out of 122 cases OF chill
dren between and Is years Of age
81 cases were traced to bovine germs
ana OF 252 cases Of children under &
years 81 We're traced to milk from
tuberculous cows. Pasteurizstion
would have prevented that infection
say the scientists.
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Secretary BerIiner saws thsra --;r1
be raw milk and grossly coDtaminated
mink marketed in Washington ,IDtiI
congress authorizes the health officer
either alone or in co-operatior Viii,
the scientists of the Department ~
agriculture, to establish rules of pro-
lection.
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According to the bacterfolorists ,bo
mere count CT bacteria i'm a saronIs
OF milk Is not adequate indfcs tion NJ
.es safety, Tor milk with low count
may contain disease bacteria Of moe
deadly Kind. These can ali he l,iTIcd
oy proper application of heat. eitbe~
IN pasteurizatiOn, or ''oyerDa a,,,iz,
tlon, or boiling. though oven aftar
treatment the milk may again ~
come injected if it be exposed to m,
dust of the air. ''''
ID, pr, David L. EdsalI of PhiladeIphis
VINO mas made an extensive stud. 80
the milk problems in hosnf+sIs - -
81 ~ I'd" mix as source of aegrava+ir,
diseases: TT is evident that n,tie-..e
are not properly treated unless tbi.
source OF danger is put aside. ;, ana -
CiLies instances where an frnmediste 70
.'..ii, 1uo,'oii IN the conditions and Of typhoid
,l'.e,I. liloi ra,ILy III, IN hospital was brought
ABOUT py the pasteurization of milk Tbt
opInioh IS backed up by the able sol
ehtsts OF the National Governr,ert
Doth IN the Agricultural Department an,l
the Surgeon Generals office.
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Dr. Alfred j. Hess, eminent sno-
clallst OF New York City, who has
made extensive investigation of tba
eHect Of milk, raw and heated. ubep
ied 70 babies, sums UP the result of
pasteurization in the following Ian
guage:
Since the ordinance for tho r-a,o-,1
pasteurization of practically ali of the
bottled milk in New York has beep in
force, and it is of recent date. the
general mortality has declined in that
city more than points-out Of 16 nor
LOCO down to 1871. This means a
saving Of 1900 lives in New York
CITY every year. For Washington
where the death rate was almost l.
per L'ooo IN 1917, a similar result
would mean the saving of over 600
lives per year. For the United States,
| a general pasteuriza tion Of all milk
| and cream might easily be followed
| by the saving of 250,000 lives every
year"
Pasteurization Of all milk and
| cream in the United States. then.
| means saving annually three times a :
many lives as we lost in the World
| War.
A single instance, cited authorita-
| lively, may illustrate the seriousness
| or the danger of epidemics from con
| taminated milk. About 18 months
ago, in Portland, Ore, as reported in
the American Medical Society Journal,
| Vol. so, page %, dairy mixer had
a slight attack of sore throat. Within
| one week 4S7 cases of septic sore
throat resulted among the patrons
of that dairy's milk. OF these 4S7
victims, % died in that week, and
many of the survivors are still suf-
fering in agony with heart weakness
and defective joints. No inspection
| of the cows would have averted this
| epidemic, for it came entirely from
the mild case" of septic sore throat
| of the milker. Pasturization of the
milk, says the scientist, would have
| destroyed the germs.
Copyright. 1925. By Paul v. COslAmAs