182 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



The following resolutions were reported favorably by the com- 

 mittee on resolutions and were unanimously adopted by the Asso- 

 ciation : 



WHEREAS, Hundreds of thousands of human lives are lost annually from 

 tuberculosis and other preventable diseases, and 



WHEREAS, There is great need of some agency of national scope whose func- 

 tions shall be the investigation of problems of public health, the dissemination 

 of information relating thereto, and such other duties pertaining to public 

 health as may properly fall within the field of Federal authority, and 



WHEREAS, The work of this character which should be undertaken by a 

 national agency is beyond the resources of private effort and should have not 

 only the larger resources, but the dignity and prestige of Federal authority; 

 and 



WHEREAS, A bill has been introduced in Congress by Senator Owen and 

 Representative Craeger establishing a Federal Department of Health in which 

 are to be brought together all Federal agencies now dealing with these subjects 

 and by which should be undertaken such new duties relative to public health as 

 the national government might properly undertake, therefore, 



Resolved, That we very heartily endorse the general principle of the Owen- 

 Craeger bill and place on record our conviction that its enactment would be of 

 great service in the prevention of tuberculosis, and of other infectious and pre- 

 ventable diseases. 



1. Resolved, That a thorough, efficient, and continuous official supervision 

 of dairies and herds and of the milk from the dairy to the consumer is of the 

 first importance in securing a clean and pure milk supply, which is essential to 

 public health. 



2. Resolved, That the production and handling of milk under such satis- 

 factory sanitary conditions as to insure its complete reliability (i, e., the pro- 

 duction of what is known as certified milk) at the present time unfortunately 

 increases its cost to such an extent as to make the use of such milk for general 

 consumption impracticable. 



3. Resolved, That the efficient pasteurization of the general milk supply 

 (excepting certified milk) when supplementing dairy inspection and applied to 

 milk from inspected dairies and done under official supervision is desirable for 

 the destruction of the ordinary micro-organisms of fermentation and putre- 

 faction and as an additional protection against possible infection by typhoid 

 fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria, tuberculosis, and possibly some other specific 

 infectious diseases. 



4. Resolved, That pasteurization of milk for sale should not be permitted 

 except under official supervision and on conditions definitely prescribed by 

 competent sanitary authorities; and should not be permitted as a method for 

 the preservation of old or dirty milk. 



5. Resolved, That milk intended for infant feeding should be considered 



