The Rise And Decline Of The OZpmpia Oyster 



General of the United States Public Health Service call- 

 ed together a conference of Federal, State, and municipal 

 authorities, and representatives of the shellfish industry, 

 to work out a plan of Sanitary Control for oysters. 



CONTRIBUTION TOWARD SANITARY CONTROL 

 BY OLYMPIA OYSTER GROWERS ASSOCIATION. 



The Olympia Oyster Growers from the start had been 

 in favor of some plan of control. When the epidemic in 

 the East broke out it had repercussions in our Olympia 

 Oyster industry, even though our Sanitary conditions 

 here were very good. The law had prevented the sale of 

 oyster land near any city, and there were but few inhab- 

 itants along our oyster bed shores. Yet the need for 

 systematic control was recognized. 



At the time of this meeting the Federal Public Service 

 had prepared a tentative manual and furnished copies to 

 the Health Department of each state. Each state was 

 asked to prepare ready for adoption, a manual in which 

 minmum requirements would be comparable with the 

 minmum requirements of the Federal manual. At this 

 Association meeting a committee was appointed to work 

 with Dr. Simpson in formulating a manual for the State 

 of Washington. 



This com.mittee was appointed consisting of Dr. G. W. 

 Ingham, Geo, W. Draham, and myself. This work requir- 

 ed numerous meetings, both in Olympia and in Seattle. 

 The passage of legislation was also necessary. 



Finally the U. S. Health Service developed and adopt- 

 ed uniform standards, and the Health Department of the 



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