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(3) The urban population should contribute 

 towards the expense of administration, since the 

 benefits are mainly for the large towns. 



(4) The cow-keeper must be educated up to the 

 special obligations of milk production, both as regards 

 special care and cleanliness and the liability of milk to 

 transmit infectious disease. 



(5) The consumer must be educated up to the 

 appreciation of the value and importance of clean, 

 pure milk. 



(6) If the increased care in collection and trans- 

 mission sends up the price of milk, this is not a 

 good reason why these necessary steps should not be 

 taken. 



(7) The cost of production must be lowered by 

 co-operation, while co-operation must be utilized to 

 transmit milk in a proper condition. 



A NOTE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE 

 CONTROL OF THE MILK SUPPLY, 

 FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF 

 THE CITY MEDICAL OFFICER OF 

 HEALTH, TOGETHER WITH A NOTE 

 ON A RECENT METHOD OF 

 STERILIZATION. 



BY E. W. HOPE, M.D., D.Sc. 



Medical Officer of Health for the City and Port of Liverpool, Professor of Public Health, 

 University of Liverpool, President of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. 



I AM honoured with a request to deal with some of 

 the considerations which specially affect the subject 

 of the administrative control of the milk supply, from 

 the point of view of the City Medical Officer. 



The subject is a very wide one, but in view of 

 the part which other speakers are taking in this 

 Conference, I am giving a strict limitation to my 

 observations. 



