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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Milk 
  

  

  The 
  milk 
  received 
  in 
  this 
  city 
  during 
  the. 
  past 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  

   of 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  quality, 
  and 
  we 
  found, 
  after 
  a 
  most 
  comprehensive 
  

   and 
  complete 
  inspection, 
  that 
  the 
  adulterations 
  were 
  less 
  than 
  

   formerly. 
  

  

  INSPECTION 
  OF 
  MILK 
  AT 
  FERRIES, 
  RAILROAD 
  STA- 
  

   TIONS 
  AND 
  STEAMBOAT 
  LANDINGS. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  June, 
  July, 
  August 
  and 
  September, 
  a 
  

   thorough 
  inspection 
  of 
  milk 
  arriving 
  over 
  the 
  different 
  railroads 
  

   and 
  steamboats 
  for 
  consumption 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  Brooklyn 
  was 
  

   made, 
  after 
  the 
  milk 
  had 
  been 
  delivered 
  by 
  the 
  common 
  carriers 
  

   to 
  the 
  grocers' 
  peddlers. 
  The 
  plan 
  adopted 
  was, 
  as 
  usual, 
  to 
  ob- 
  

   tain 
  from 
  the 
  police 
  department 
  a 
  detail 
  of 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  officers 
  

   for 
  duty 
  at 
  each 
  depot 
  when 
  inspections 
  were 
  made. 
  With 
  their 
  

   assistance 
  the 
  wagons 
  were 
  formed 
  in 
  line 
  as 
  they 
  came 
  off 
  the 
  

   ferries 
  or 
  from 
  the 
  railroad 
  stations 
  into 
  the 
  streets. 
  We 
  then 
  

   inspected 
  the 
  milk 
  found 
  on 
  each 
  wagon 
  before 
  allowing 
  it 
  to 
  leave 
  

   the 
  line. 
  

  

  The 
  milk 
  inspected, 
  when 
  delivered 
  by 
  each 
  railroad 
  and 
  steam- 
  

   boat 
  line, 
  represents 
  one 
  day's 
  shipment 
  over 
  each 
  line 
  for 
  con- 
  

   sumption 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  Brooklyn, 
  to 
  which 
  must 
  be 
  added 
  

   1,600 
  cans 
  estimated 
  as 
  the 
  average 
  per 
  day 
  by 
  miscellaneous 
  con- 
  

   veyances 
  during 
  those 
  months. 
  The 
  result 
  of 
  these 
  inspections 
  

   showed, 
  by 
  the 
  test 
  applied, 
  that 
  only 
  a 
  small 
  percentage 
  had 
  been 
  

   adulterated, 
  and 
  that 
  coming 
  from 
  Connecticut 
  and 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  The 
  receipt 
  of 
  milk 
  for 
  1898 
  showed 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  about 
  10 
  

   per 
  cent, 
  and 
  for 
  1899 
  about 
  6 
  per 
  cent., 
  being 
  in 
  total 
  524,866,200 
  

   quarts 
  for 
  the 
  year, 
  being 
  a 
  daily 
  receipt 
  of 
  1,437,989 
  quarts. 
  

   Prosecutions 
  for 
  milk 
  adulterations 
  have 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  with 
  

   vigor; 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  fines 
  ever 
  imposed 
  in 
  a 
  criminal 
  court 
  

   for 
  this 
  violation 
  was 
  fixed 
  upon 
  a 
  wholesaler 
  whom 
  the 
  agents 
  

   detected 
  with 
  a 
  considerable 
  quantity 
  of 
  adulterated 
  milk, 
  and 
  who 
  

  

  