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should be part of the weekly information supplied 

 by each dairyman to the person to whom he 

 supplies his milk ; the latter to provide the special 

 forms required. If on account of illness on the farm, 

 as ascertained by such notifications, the milk supply is 

 stopped by the local sanitary authority, the latter 

 should compensate the farmer. In doubtful cases 

 temporary pasteurization might be resorted to. 



The detection and limitation of outbreaks of 

 infectious disease spread by milk would be facilitated 

 if the whole control of the milk supply were under the 

 County Councils with a proper staff to carry out the 

 work. 



GENERAL BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION AND THE 

 PROVISION OF CLEAN MILK. 



As we are all aware, milk contamination may occur 

 at every stage, but we need to look at the matter 

 broadly. All sorts of well-meaning people come 

 forward with solutions of the milk problem in the 

 shape of improved milk distributors, special milk 

 bottles, and the like. Contamination in delivery must 

 of course be considered and prevented, but after all it 

 is a comparatively trivial source of contamination, and 

 taking place as it does under the eye of the consumer 

 is not likely to be very extensive. 



The problem of clean milk in its essentials can be 

 put in a phrase ; it is to collect cleanly and transmit 

 cool. Do this and the rest, although necessary, is 

 quite secondary. 



To get clean milk we must have adequate 

 administrative control over the production of milk. 

 Everyone acquainted with the subject knows that this 

 is just where administration fails, and I think it is 

 hardly too strong to say that, speaking generally, there 

 is at the present time practically no efficient adminis- 

 trative control over the production of milk in the 

 greater part of the country. 



