The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-19
CITY COMMISSION
January ~, lSfo
Commission Chsmbe'

Commission Chamber
State OF Michigan
City OF Mt Clemens
At regular meeting OF the CITY
Commission of the City OF Mount Glenn
ems held on the shaNe date. there were
present Mayor WeStendorf ana Conmls
si5ners Breitmeyer. Bruneel Longstat
and DuBay.
The minute. OF the last meeting we've
read and approved.
Commissioner DuBay-Bruneel move:
that the Reports OF DR.. w. J. Kane
Wealth officer ~ the CITY OF Noun
Clemens and John A. Coughln. OF th'
Bureau or Dlirying, Department q
Agricu!ture on The milk situation n
the City OF Mount Clemens. he receive
and flied and spread upon the min
utes.
Carried
Yea--Rreitmeyer Brunei, LonsstaH
DaBay and Wes,endorf.
Nays-Nonc
Department OF Agriculture
Bureau OF Dairying
Detroit. Michigan
January 3. l9i5,
w = Kane NJ d. Health Otficer,
Department OF Health,
40l Monitor-Leader Building,
Mount Clemens. Michigan.
Dear Or. Kane;
In cooperation with Mr.. Joseph Miller
OF your Department, ! have recenuN
conducted a survey OF the mix pro
cessi1p piants in the City OF Mount
clemens Let me say AZ the outset tha
Mr.. Miller has. during the past y
months. taken monthly samples 81 milk
and cream az the dairy plants, from
the wagons delivering milk q
cream TO homes and stores EMO
from the various stores supphe
BY the dsir!es ope
Mouut Clemens The analysis 81 tnese
ssnplcs were made by Mr.. Stanley Eel
tier IN the Maconb County Laboratory
in the CIV OF Mount Clemens. THESE
ANALYST report. I understand, are on
fne ia the office % the Department OIL
Health. City Of Mount Clemens. also
have taken samples OF milk ana cream
ard rhorolatr milk AZ all four dairi. :
oneratinE In Mount Clemens Inc mos'
recent samples taken by me on Decenn-
h.r /, lg44 were delivered 20 the STATE
Laboratory in Lansing. The State sna1-
vst's report on these samples are en-
closed You vii note an extremely low
bacterial count proper pas'euIlha'io .,
and butterfat content IN excess OF
Thai REQUIRED BY State Law. Now j
ix asreed by milk authorities. not only
In thc State OF Michigan but through
out Tho entire nation. that CONSISTENT
Low bacterial count. coupled WIN pro-
Der pasteurization. IS 'Iue ihoie"io
of good quality milk
Professor Hammer. IN he second
edition Of his book. Dairy Bscteriolosy'
save in part. 1.-THE ideal examination
iof milk, would be one which Involves
/. determination OF the dangers from 'nc
various organisms present sho' wh.n
s,,cb method of examination Is oe
yised il will probably superseoe s os
{erial counts There are many oliti-
c,,lties involved IN such determine
zion and II is inadvisable 10 discard the
nvesent method with It's admitted oe-
fects. until something better IS avail
able WITH which 70 replace II.
on December 18Th, 1914, micro
,as-naade- of RAW milk sup
s1,nd he "A shippers 70 an individual
Sairv in Mount Clemens. This test
gas conducted by the Michigan MIX
Producers Association and the resultant
score given was 93.8Ns i nave Also IN
spected farms OF producers supplying
milk 10 me dairies in Mount clemens
"a record Of which have on fle' ana
I found approximately s50, OF tnese
PRODUCERS had electric milk coollns
machines, their barns were In clean
eondftinn and their cattle tes'ed TOT
f,,bercaiosis and Bangs disease. In my
conversation with these producers. i
was Impressed BY theire earnest desire
fo nroduce a good, quality milk ana !
felt that they were fully cognizant o.
their responsibility 20 the consani,,
nuhI{r There producers as well
as other members OF the dairy IN
dus.rv. are operating under severe
handicap. due TO wartime regulations
AND conditions. and II IL my honest
oninion that they are doing the best
thew can 10 produce good milk sup
ply. ,.., ., h.,.
Ter conditions and methods In the dairy
Industry. NAV say that our Depart
went in cooperation with your De-
narttnent of Health, viii do our W.
most 70 safeguard and better, " pos.
sihIe The milk supply OF the City OF
Mount Clemens. ! regret very mucn the
sra-emonrering. with its attendant
n,iblicitv. INDUCED IN by an individual
who visited your city recently and
sincerely hope that this sort OF INNS
will never occur again. r.
In conclusion, may say that II IS
NV candid opinion that the milk sup
njy OF the Citv OF Mount Clemens Is
nerfectly safe and that. through the
coub,ned efforts 81 our two depart
rnents. the Department OF Health OF the
CITY OF Mount Clemens and the Bureau
Of Dairying. Department of Agriculture
we will see 10 II that II stays tina
way.
Respertfully yours,
JOHN A. COUGHL1N, Inspector,
Bureau OF Dairying,
Department OF Agriculture.
NM